Several times, the poisonous liquid tried to gurgle, hiss, and claim him, but the barrier stopped it every single time.
There was also a time when the rocks crumbled right underneath Damon’s feet, but Kaelthorn was right there, creating a phantom stone for him from his blood magic. It was very crude, but it was effective.
Finally, Damon reached the halfway point.
On the other side, Kaelthorn landed on the central platform, once again without a single injury on his body and with the same smug smile on his face. "I am safe and sound here, little lord. Come and join me fast." He laughed.
Damon’s frown only deepened as he took the next step. And suddenly, everything changed.
The liquid around him started sloshing wildly as if sensing something it didn’t like. Tendrils of venom lashed higher, no longer sluggish or curious, but hostile and agitated.
The path beneath Damon trembled, veins of green light pulsing along its cracks. The barrier surrounding him wavered again, this time violently, the edges sizzling where they brushed against the poison mist.
Kaelthorn’s laughter rang louder, no longer restrained. "I am sorry, little lord. I think it’s some kind of barrier from the shrine. I am no longer able to cast my barrier. Oops." He particularly enunciated the last word as he continued to laugh wildly. "This time, little lord. Even if you beg me, there is nothing I can do for you!"
In the blink of an eye, the barrier completely disappeared, and the rocks crumbled as well, leaving behind nothing for Damon to even get a grasp on. He tried to reach for the rocks in the front, but the poisonous lava claimed that as well.
There was nowhere for him to go except down. Kaelthorn eagerly watched the scene he had been waiting for so long as he licked his lips viciously.
"You should have known better, little lord. Haven’t you heard? I am a traitorous snake. Why would you trust a traitorous snake like me and cross a damn poison lake?" He laughed loudly, seeing the poisonous liquid splash around and roil wildly.
There was simply no way for Damon to survive something like this. The sweet, sweet moment he was waiting for was finally-
However, the next instant, his face froze. "No, impossible." He gritted his teeth and muttered in disbelief. After everything crumbled and fell, a blood barrier shone brightly amidst the poison splashes.
Inside it, Damon floated mid-air, and right next to him, in another barrier, appeared a familiar figure. "You traitorous bastard. How dare you plot against the lord of the blood hall!" Ellora’s voice rang in fury as she sent a blood beam hurtling at Kalethorn.
Kaelthorn’s eyes widened in shock.
"What? Did you not expect to see me here?" Ellora shouted with her killing intent raging wildly.
"The lord has always known who you were, you filthy trash. Under his command, I was following you all along, waiting for you to finally show your true colors. You sealed your fate when you decided to go against the oath you took!" She sent a dozen powerful slices of blood beam towards the spot where Kaelthorn was standing.
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