Chapter 49: Skadryn
Ethan looked at the menacing figures before him, his expression calm despite the clear hostility in their gazes.
"What if I told you I was actually lost here?" he asked, tilting his head slightly. "Would you believe me?"
One of them, a Skadryn warrior with deep blue skin like the rest but striking yellow hair, sneered. "We do not believe the words of human trash."
"Wow," Ethan raised an eyebrow. "That's a really racist thing to say."
"You dared to trespass," the warrior growled, ice-cold fury in his eyes. "You will die here."
The attack came without warning.
Instantly, the air crackled with energy as multiple ice-based skills activated at once. The ground beneath Ethan exploded with jagged ice spikes, forcing him to leap high into the air. But as soon as he did, a javelin of pure ice materialized right in front of his face, hurtling toward him at terrifying speed.
"Shit—!"
