Chapter 105: The Riftspires’s Call
The morning light passed through the twisted cypress trees of the Iron Fens, casting jagged shadows across the Fenheart ruins where the Tide’s Crest camped.
The obelisk’s runes were etched into its blackened stone that glowed faintly, their ominous pulse was a reminder of Cindy’s lingering presence.
Kelvin gripped his staff, with its fire runes blazing through the dark gauntlet that was forged in the Shattered Peaks, which is now enhanced with Verdant Hollow’s ritual runes, griffon feathers, and Fenheart obelisk runes.
His leg wound from the bogstalker battle stung beneath bandages, his ribs were aching, but the monitoring device warning....
"The Sovereign awaits at the Riftspire. Lirien serves. The traitor hides within the Sanctum" kept burned in his mind.
The Veil codex is heavy in his pack, held cryptic symbols that could unmask the Sovereign, and the cloaked figure’s fleeting shadow, its runes glowing in the ruins, gnawed at him.
The suspicion of a Sanctum traitor, possibly tied to Zack’s manipulation, fueled his resolve to hunt Cindy and end her schemes.
Xerion, the End-Tyrant, coiled beside him, with his twenty-foot serpentine form a cascade of crimson and gold scales, scarred but radiant in the dawn’s light.
The Level 8 Legendary’s amber eyes scanned the ruins and his hiss sharp, sensing Veil energy. Their 82% sync ratio roared like a furnace in Kelvin’s chest, anchoring his focus.
Lyra sat nearby, her shadow-etched gauntlet was pulsing with the Peaks’ dark runes, gloomstalker spores, labyrinth vine essence, griffon feathers, and obelisk runes, its glow was steady despite her wounds.
Salaris, her shadow-cloaked raptor, perched on a crumbled wall, her iridescent feathers were blending with the shadows, her talons gleamed with lethal precision.
Lyra’s arm and leg wounds were bandaged, her face was filled with pain, but her eyes burned with determination as she adjusted her gauntlet. "Cindy is at the Riftspire," she said with a sharp voice. "We will stop her and this Sovereign."