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  Chapter 11: "The Shackled Kingdom"

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  Scene 1: Entrance of the Kingdom

  (A panoramic panel reveals a dead land, gray and soaked in blood and fog... Hanging corpses, muffled screams, and chains dangling from towers.)

  Kane (shocked):

  > What is this land? It’s like hell itself...

  Ryger:

  > A foul stench fills the air...

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  Lorina (covering her mouth from the smell):

  > No... This isn't a place where humans live.

  Hakora (staring at an inscription carved into a wall):

  > "Those who enter this kingdom shall only leave in chains"...

  Hanto (his eyebrows furrow):

  > This is the Shackled Kingdom… the gateway to Garmosh’s castle… We’ve reached his den.

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  Scene 2: Inside the Kingdom

  The knights walk among deformed villagers. Some are bound by chains, others crawl on all fours, with old wounds and eyes void of any soul.

  A deformed old man crawls toward them:

  > Run... before you taste his shackles... before your identity is forgotten...

  Kane (gripping his sword):

  > We won't turn back.

  Suddenly, a massive iron gate slams shut behind them with a deafening sound.

  Ryger (calmly):

  > I should’ve known… this kingdom doesn’t welcome outsiders.

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  Scene 3: The First Clash – The Shackled Guards

  Five knights in black armor appear, their faces hidden by metal masks, showing only their bloodshot eyes.

  Hakora:

  > What are these things? I don’t sense any life in them...

  One of the guards (in a mechanical voice):

  > You are offerings for King Garmosh… The rituals of pain begin now.

  The battle begins. It’s clear the guards don’t feel pain and never retreat even after being stabbed. Each wields a torture weapon: claws, chains, burning crosses...

  Kane is wounded in the shoulder by a spiked chain.

  Hanto blasts a guard with his magical staff, only to see it stand up again.

  Lorina casts a holy light spell and discovers that all the guards are linked to a single spirit buried beneath the ground.

  Ryger stabs the earth, releasing the tormented spirit. All guards collapse instantly.

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  Final Scene: End of the Chapter

  The knights are exhausted from battle. The air grows darker. A colossal statue appears in the distance, depicting Garmosh standing over skulls, with chains extending from his hands wrapping around the sky.

  Ryger (in a low voice):

  > We’re near the castle… but what we’ve seen here… is only the beginning.

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  End – Chapter 11: The Shackled Kingdom

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