Chapter 43: The 7 Trials of Ravenclaw (2)
Nero took another step forward, and then froze.
Something was there.
Just beyond the entrance, glistening silver threads stretched across the threshold, delicate as a spider's web, yet humming with latent power. They shimmered faintly, nearly invisible in the dim light, their presence betraying the trap lying in wait.
But these were no ordinary strands.
A single misstep, the faintest vibration, and the entire network would react.
Nero narrowed his eyes, his Raven Eyes igniting with their otherworldly glow.
The threads were not just alarms.
They were intricately linked to something larger, something hidden, a construct of layered enchantments waiting to unleash devastation.
A trap within a trap.
The threads pulsed in perfect synchrony, bound together by unseen forces, forming an intricate magical lattice. Each line fed into the next, interwoven like the gears of a timepiece.
His fingers tightened around Liss.