Corrupted Realm – The Hollow Spire
Celestis groaned.
Her eyelids fluttered as consciousness returned—and with it came pain. Her body trembled violently, as if she were being electrocuted from the inside out.
"She's waking up," Garren's voice echoed lazily from somewhere above.
Chains clinked as he crouched beside her suspended body. With a smirk, he loosened the mechanism and slowly began lowering her into the black corrupted pool.
"No!" Zara screamed in fury. "Don't you dare—!"
Elise pulled at her own chains, fire sparking from her arms, but it fizzled out instantly. The restraints pulsed with corrupted runes that devoured her mana like it was nothing.
Nyxirith gritted her teeth, silent, eyes glowing faintly as she tried to gather shadow energy—but the chains pulsed again. It was like trying to breathe underwater. Her head throbbed.
