Landing roughly at the foot of the stairs with a grunt, Red summoned her sword and the fire that blazed on their edges lit up her path upwards.
The stairs were made of what seemed to be the same materials as those the mountain steps Red, Ari, and Archer had traversed to reach the Glass Citadel.
It gleamed and shimmered as fragments of precious crystals adorned the steps, making it stand out from the gloomy tower. There were no banisters to hold on for balance.
The stairs were a dizzying spiral that was not for the faint of heart.
Red peered up and Stella Marie was still lost in the smoke and she hurriedly went ahead to catch up.
When Red stepped on the first flight of the stairs, she instantly noticed there was something undeniably wrong. She heard something click faintly and a boding evil chill ran up and down her spine.
By instinct, Red began to dash upwards at full speed as hundreds of poison darts flew towards her.
