The Verdant Hollow's depths pulsed with menace, a maze-like structure of twisted branches and glowing vines that writhed like living chains, their surfaces were etched with dark runes that flickered with malevolent energy.
Kelvin led the Tide's Crest deeper into the forest with his staff firmly gripped, its fire runes blazed through the dark gauntlet forged in the Shattered Peaks.
His ribs throbbed from the gloomstalker battle, the cut on his arm was burning with each step, but the trail of dark runes were etched into the ground, which was matching those from the Peaks' rogue tamer and that drove him forward.
The revelation that Zack, the Sanctum bully who taunted them with their fears, might be the tamer fueled his anger.
The cloaked figure's shadow from the previous night lingered, which was a chilling reminder of the Veil's reach, urging him toward the rift.
