Chapter 49 The Realm

Kaiza stumbled forward, his body crying out in protest, but he refused to release Mina. The fragile form of the woman in his arms was all that kept him from flying away on the winds. The chamber around them dissolved into nothing, the shadows crawling back into the cracks of reality, retreating but not gone. He felt their gaze, their hunger, waiting for that moment to strike again. He strained through the agony, through the crushing fear tearing at his mind. Every muscle screamed as he entered the shattered remains of the ancient hall, its pillars that had once stood tall now nothing but jagged splinters. The sky above if it was even a sky seethed with evil, twisting colors, like a storm bleeding through the heavens.