Chapter 188: Break Point
Six minutes.
That was how long Sunny managed to hold on until things really went from bad to terrible.
By then, the ground in front of the Gate was littered with piles of corpses, their blood soaking into the snow to create a strange crimson substance, disrupting his footwork. He had lost count of how many Dormant abominations he had slain, how many ancient hunters he had sliced apart. Despite how strong and fearsome the primeval wraiths were, their assault had broken against the impenetrable barrier of his blade, his Aspect, and his will.
Sunny paid a price, though.
By now, his muscles were burning, and he had to force the air in and out of his struggling lungs as the Preservation barely held him up. The Mantle of the Underworld held, but his body beneath the black stonelike metal was beaten and battered.
The armor itself was covered in blood and dented slightly in several places.
Those dents did not come from the hunters, though.
During the third wave, new Nightmare Creatures emerged from the darkness of the Gate... among them were larger beasts, more terrifying than the hounds Sunny had been slaughtering.
And their masters.