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The Last Shadow of Silent

Mountain

By: Nur Alim Gunarto

At the peak of Silent Mountain, where the mist
never lifts and the wind carries whispers of the past,
lived a swordsman named Raka. He was no ordinary
warrior — he was the final guardian of the Shadow Art,
an ancient power passed down to only one soul every
hundred years.

Raka possessed a rare gift: Living Shadows —
the ability to control shadows, shaping them into
weapons, shields, and spies. With a single motion, he
could summon ten shadow versions of himself to fight by
his side. In silence, he honed this power each day,
sharpening his technique and tempering his soul to avoid
being consumed by the very darkness he wielded.

But one day, that silence was shattered.

From the valley below came news of dark
creatures rising from the earth, destroying villages,
stealing light, and leaving frozen shadows burned into
the ground. These monsters were not of this world. They

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