There I stood, amidst the ruins and the fallen, the energy of Nether pulsing and rippling around me like a living entity.
I lifted my hands, fingers splayed wide as I felt the pure, unbridled power coursing through my veins.
I could feel the surge of ecstasy rippling through me as I realized… That I was about to use Magic, for the first time ever.
"HUUUUUUUUUUUU..." The black-marked monster, undeterred by the spectacle, extended a gnarled hand, summoning from the depths of the cave a host of vile creatures, each one more grotesque than the last.
They lumbered towards me, their monstrous forms silhouetted against the foreboding darkness. I should have felt fear or despair.
I should have felt the crushing weight of failure and anxiety.
But I didn't.
No.
Right there and then, only one feeling coursed through me, invading me down to the very marrow of my bones, coursing through every vein in my body, and reaching the very recesses of my soul.
