Loopshard

They hurried down the ramp, sliding more than running, with James quickly falling behind since he kept glancing back over his shoulder.

“I can see its arms!” he called from behind them. “The Crawler is very slow and I think we can defeat it if I absorb the Mana it coats itself with!”

“There’s no way!” Gladwyn yelled back.

Adam summoned new barriers and had them all hop on board.

“We’ll go down to one of the floors we’ve already completed and wait for it to pass!” he told them.

Handprints, big and small, appeared all over the ramp and walls as Adam commanded their barriers down through the middle of the Tower. His necklace’s wandering eye was locked onto the giant one floating above them, making it difficult to concentrate and forcing him to rely on Alepheria’s Mandate to issue commands.

It was deeply unnerving the way that the Tower Crawler’s giant eye just followed them at a steady pace while its unseen hands pressed against the walls and ramp, pulling it down after them. But what truly made it terrifying was the fact that it was utterly silent.

We’re so screwed!

Think! What else did she say about the boss??