Chapter 17 The Heart Of Darkness

Deeper into the heart of the ancient labyrinth of the earth. The humidity hung heavy, and each step sank menacingly into a chilling void. Kaiza’s grip on the obsidian fragment tightened, its glow faintly throwing shadows on the walls around them. He could feel the weight of the underground world pressing down on him, every creak of the stone and distant echo sending jolts of nerves surging through him. That creature, that hideous amalgam of shadow and stone, had only briefly begun to lay woe upon the place in his death, and Kaiza was smarter than to think they were free. The world they had entered was old, connected to powers that were far more ancient than anything they had known, and the climax of the maze lay ahead of the maze.