Chapter 829 – Surrounded
Mira nodded.
Naomi cleared her throat. "Uh… I guess the analysis needs to stop here."
Rava's tentacles shifted uneasily beneath her cloak. "I feel the chill…"
Ely's aura flickered instinctively. Her voice lowered. "We're surrounded."
They all felt it now.
The darkness beneath their feet began to ripple.
Not like wind.
Like liquid.
Like something breathing.
Shadows peeled away from the ground itself. They stretched upward, elongating, twisting into humanoid silhouettes with jagged edges. No faces. No eyes. Only hollow voids where features should be.
Then more appeared.
And more.
Not dozens.
Hundreds.
They rose from every direction, forming a tightening ring around the group. The air temperature dropped sharply as whispers filled the void-like sky above them. The shadows did not roar like the dragon echoes. They hissed. They scraped. They breathed in unison.
Mira's voice hardened. "This is bad."
