With Alera and Lyra safely behind Zara's protective barrier, Pyris now stood alone.
His aura intensified, radiating an overwhelming elemental energy that made the ground beneath him tremble. The five monstrous creatures circled him, their gazes locked on him with predatory focus.
Each beast was different in form but unified in their desire to bring him down.
"So you think you're a challenge, huh? I adapt! I'm stronger!" Pyris taunted, his voice low and dangerous.
His aura unleashed as he summoned his Elemental Sovereign's power, and the atmosphere crackled with anticipation.
The creatures were not ordinary beasts—they were infused with the labyrinth's dark essence, and they could sense his strength, responding to it with a ravenous hunger.
