The moment we stepped through the door, a wave of heat crashed over us, suffocating, thick with the scent of sulfur and burning Tock. The air shimmered with heat waves, distorting the jagged, blackened landscape stretching before us. Rivers of molten lava crisscrossed the ground like veins of fire, carving deep, glowing trees in the cracked earth. The sky above was no longer the endless darkness of the previous levels–It was red, burning with the reflection of the volcanic wasteland below,
A volcanic region.
“What kind of place is this?” Alex muttered, his voice filled with frustration as he wiped sweat from his brow
A low, ominous rumble shook the ground beneath our feet.
I tightened my grip on the map, my wolf instincts screaming that we were walking straight into danger.
I scanned the landscape, my eyes narrowing. “It’s like each level of is pyramid is a completely different world,” I murmured.
Austin let out a breath and grinned. “Well, at least it’s not another cursed swamp.”
The ground beneath them rumbled ominously.
Austin/stiffened. “Uh… What was that?.”
Another tremor rolled through the ground, and a distant roar echoed through the air.
Alex, Isaiah, and Elijah all turned to glare at Austin.
“I take it back,” Austin muttered. “I take it back.”
Ahead of us, on a raised stone altar in the center of the volcanic wasteland, a single shard of glowing crystal pulsed like a beating heart. Its light was bright and steady, standing in stark contrast to the destruction around it.
Of course I was not easy. It could never be.
Before any of us could move, the ground cracked open with a deafening roar, spewing molten rock into the air. The lava hissed and sizzled as it rained down, forcing us to step back. The earth trembled again, and from the fiery depths.
At first, all I could see were burning red eyes–huge, glowing like embers in the darkness. Then came their forms.
They were wolves.
But not ordinary wolves.
Their bodies were forged from volcanic rock, black and jagged, with glowing veins of molten lava running beneath the surface. Ash and smoke curled from their bodies, and every exhale sent a wave of searing heat through the air. Their teeth, dripping with liquid fire, glowed white–hot.
They were massive, easily twice the size of my wolf form.
Are
you freaking kidding me?” Alex groaned. “Of course, there are lava wolves”
“Because we have the worst luck,” Isaiah muttered, summoning his shadows instinctively.
The creatures let out deep, rumbling growls that sent vibrations through the cracked ground.
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Austin groaned. This won’t get any easier will 1175
I turned to look at the shard—a single piece of glowing crystal, pulang like a heartbeat, sitting atop a stone altar. Its silvery glow stood out against the destruction around it.
“Elljah, go for the shard,” I ordered, already shifting into my wall foh. “The rest of us will hold these things off.“there was no way we were going to defeat these things so all we could do is distract im enough for Elijah to get the shard.
Elijah hesitated, his jaw clenching, but he nodded. “Got It.”
The moment I lunged forward, the first lava vplf attacked.
It moved faster than I expected, swiping at me with a pave the size on houlder. 1 barely dodged in time, the sheer heat from the attack scorching my fur as I rolled to the side. My claws lashed out, aiming for its molten underbelly, but the moment I struck, a sharp pain shot through my paw.
It was like trying to slash through burning steel.
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