The ground trembled beneath their feet as Riley and Eleanor pushed forward, skirting the edge of the battlefield where the two titans continued to thrash in the distance.
The roar of their battle echoed through the barren wasteland, a constant reminder of the colossal danger just out of sight. But right now, their focus was on something much smaller—and much more immediate.
They crept through the darkness, their only light the dim, flickering remnants of the Nexus barrier that separated the titans from the rest of the wasteland. Ahead of them, crouching low and almost invisible against the cracked ground, was the smaller Nexus creature.
It was hunched over, eight legs splayed out like a spider, its body covered in sharp, blackened mandibles that clicked together with a sickening rhythm.
