The serpent struck like lightning.
Its massive head whipped toward Azrael with terrifying speed, jaws snapping shut where he had been standing a split second earlier.
Stone exploded beneath its fangs.
Azrael rolled to the side, barely avoiding the impact.
Stamina: 108 → 96
“Fast!” he shouted.
Lyra darted across the ravine wall, using protruding rocks like stepping stones as she moved with unnatural agility.
“It’s hunting you,” she replied.
Azrael noticed.
The serpent’s glowing violet eyes tracked him relentlessly.
Not Lyra.
Him.
Quinn spoke quietly.
“Your void energy is attracting it.”
“Fantastic.”
The serpent’s body coiled across the ravine, its massive scales scraping loudly against stone.
Then it inhaled.
Azrael felt the air shift.
“Move!” Lyra shouted.
A blast of vio
