[Accept Dungeon Quest: Thornspine Estate — Sever the Corrupted Heart (1/1)]
[Optional: Silence Resonance Nodes (3/3) ✓]
The system banner faded.
The green glow dimmed from the ceiling vines. The Deathsong had ended.
And for the first time since they'd entered Thornspine Estate, the air was still.
Eldryn's footsteps echoed lightly as she stepped into the ruined chamber, arms slightly raised as if expecting danger.
[SYSTEM CUTSCENE ACTIVATED – DUNGEON BOSS: LADY OSTREVA]
In the center of the ruined lab, Lady Ostreva reappeared.
Her eyes opened slowly.
She wasn't looking at Raven.
She was looking toward the heir of Thornspine Estate, Eldryn.
"You did it," Eldryn whispered, her voice cracking. "You actually... you really did it."
The matriarch didn't move. But her eyes fluttered—dim, no longer monstrous.
Eldryn stepped closer, hesitant at first, then with growing urgency. She dropped to her knees in front of the kneeling figure.
Lady Ostreva's lips parted.
