Chapter 16 - 15 - Devastating Black Flame
Ashtoria’s gaze changed in an instant.
From shock and pain, it turned into blazing wrath.
The two guards who had attacked her barely had time to strike again when their bodies suddenly froze... then exploded.
BRAKHH!!
Blood sprayed into the air, mingled with chunks of flesh and shards of bone. As if their bodies had become sacks of meat, compressed from the inside and burst like rotting balloons. Their remains slammed against the hallway walls, stuck to the ceiling, splattered across the now-cracked windows, and stained the white stone floor with dark crimson gore.
The sound of their bodies bursting echoed, shaking the structure. Parts of the wall collapsed, glass shattered and flew through the air, and the moonlight that filtered in now mingled with dust and the stench of death.
Ashtoria knelt in the midst of the chaos, her hand clutching the deep wound in her side. Warm blood flowed between her fingers, but her face betrayed no panic.
Her head spun.
Her vision blurred.
The poison... was strong.
Too strong.