Chapter 110: The Howling Abyss
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Vaelith Starbane stepped through the portal and instantly lost his footing.
He spawned on a narrow, violently swaying suspension bridge made of rotting wood and rusted steel cables. Beneath him was a bottomless canyon shrouded in thick gray clouds. Freezing, high-speed wind currents whipped across the gorge.
Before Vaelith could regain his balance, the clouds beneath the bridge parted. A swarm of Mechanical Shriek-Bats darted into the air. Their wings were made of razor-sharp steel feathers, and their throats glowed with concentrated mana.
They opened their mechanical jaws.
SCREECH!
Invisible, high-frequency sound waves slammed into Vaelith. The attack bypassed his armor entirely, striking directly at his inner ear. Vaelith grunted in sudden pain. He stumbled sideways, barely catching the rusted railing before he fell into the abyss. A thin trail of warm blood trickled down his earlobe.
