The formidable double doors of the fortress opened, their iron hinges creaking.
They had most likely remained unactuated for an extended period.
Torchlight from within spilled across the courtyard, illuminating the carnage that littered the ground between the dead Disaster-class serpent and the castle's entrance.
Jack jumped down from the snake's corpse, his boots hitting the blood-soaked stone with a wet impact.
Lightning still crackled faintly across his body, residual energy from Arc Blast's devastating execution creating a corona of golden electricity that made his yellow and orange eyes seem to glow in the night sky.
He began walking toward the open gates, his stride confident despite the hundreds of dead serpents he had to step on.
The 247 minotaurs stood in perfect formation, creating a corridor from the massive snake's head all the way to the castle entrance.
