Chapter 423
"I… I… I did it," he croaked out, a sharp pain running through his body, especially his mangled arm. "And with a single arm, no less." He chuckled hoarsely as he turned around, his gaze fixated on the double doors behind him.
Pushing himself up, he staggered forward, moving past the crumbled-down gargoyles and towards the back of the room where he had pulled off his weights.
"I don't know what lies behind those doors, so it's better I don't put these back on yet," he muttered as he picked them up with a single hand and then slowly staggered toward the looming double doors ahead.
Finally, he stood in front of them, his entire body still aching, but now his mind was hesitant.
