The moment I stepped through, the golden light vanished, replaced by suffocating darkness. The air here was thick with the scent of charred flesh and something metallic—blood. My flames instinctively flickered to life along my arms, casting an eerie glow over the cracked obsidian ground.
A whisper slithered through the shadows.
"Fresh meat..."
"She smells of power..."
"Hmm, I haven't tasted fire in a while..."
"I can't wait until I get my hands on that spirit. I would be stronger than I had ever imagined."
"Let’s see if she burns as bright as she thinks."
I clenched my fists, my fire responding with a pulse of heat. "Show yourselves!"
Laughter echoed—hollow, mocking. Then, from the darkness, figures emerged.
They were once human, but they had mutated since their spirit consumed t
