The portal dropped them straight into one of the largest interior chambers of the Obsidian Tower already rooted inside the small world.
The moment they arrived, all of them felt it.
A soaked, festering pressure that clung to the black walls like rot given breath. The entire chamber exuded miasma and Black Mass influence so thick that even the empty vessels seemed to recoil from it.
Marie grimaced first.
"Disgusting."
Kaia's expression hardened.
"This whole tower feels infected."
The structure itself was almost identical to the Obsidian Tower they had brought with them.
At the highest level of the chamber, a Monster Lord was already there, seated before a control pedestal, feeding miasma into the Tower's anchoring system with grim satisfaction.
It noticed them immediately.
Its head snapped toward the newcomers, jaws parting to shout some warning.
It never got the chance.
By the time its instinct understood danger, Luke was already behind it.
The blade fell once.
