Chapter 32: Blue Gem
Every step she took was reinforced by the steel forming beneath her feet—her Steel Creation shaping into plated boots that glinted under the dim, flickering light from wall sconces. She wasn't just running.
She was gliding through war.
From the shadows above, a sudden whistling sound cut through the air.
She twisted sideways in a blur, and three skeleton heads—sharpened like jagged projectiles—narrowly missed her, one smashing into the wall and exploding in a burst of bone fragments. She didn't even blink.
Someone's shooting these things. Could it be a first-grade skeleton? Or something worse?
She thought, her gaze sweeping upward, but nothing was there—just the endless twisting corridors and grotesque bone-sculpted architecture of the castle.
Her speed didn't falter.
Steel surged from her ankles, reinforcing the next few steps. Every time her foot touched the ground, a metallic pulse shot out, enhancing her mobility.
Her steel boots compressed the stone tiles beneath her, creating a momentary crater before launching her forward again.
The castle responded to her presence.
From both sides of the corridor, skeleton hands wielding bone swords erupted from the walls, their jagged arms stretching like grotesque vines. Each one swung in perfect, coordinated slashes.