Chapter 99: Unraveling The Maze-like Structure 1
The Verdant Hollow’s depths pulsed with menace, a maze-like structure of twisted branches and glowing vines that writhed like living chains, their surfaces were etched with dark runes that flickered with malevolent energy.
Kelvin led the Tide’s Crest deeper into the forest with his staff firmly gripped, its fire runes blazed through the dark gauntlet forged in the Shattered Peaks.
His ribs throbbed from the gloomstalker battle, the cut on his arm was burning with each step, but the trail of dark runes were etched into the ground, which was matching those from the Peaks’ rogue tamer and that drove him forward.
The revelation that Zack, the Sanctum bully who taunted them with their fears, might be the tamer fueled his anger.
The cloaked figure’s shadow from the previous night lingered, which was a chilling reminder of the Veil’s reach, urging him toward the rift.
Xerion, the End-Tyrant, moved beside him with his twenty-foot serpentine form, which was a cascade of crimson and gold scales that were scarred but radiant in the forest’s violet glow.
The Level 8 Legendary’s amber eyes pierced the shadows, his hiss that were sharp, sensing the tamer’s energy. Their 82% sync ratio burned like a forge in Kelvin’s chest, anchoring his resolve.
He pressed a hand to Xerion’s scales and their heat steadied his trembling fingers.
Lyra moved to his left with her shadow-etched gauntlet pulsing with Peaks’ dark runes and gloomstalker spores, its glow was steady despite her wounds.