ness was

ps. Every impact sent a sickening crack through her frame. Her

e ancient stone, the runes car

burn her skin; it bypassed her flesh completely and seared directl

f copper. Her hands shook violently, but she forced her fin

She brought the vial to her mouth and bit dow

ack and swallowed the

e. The magic rushed through her veins, aggressively knitting he

ng her apart from the outside. She was trappe

silver light exploded from the metal, forming a thin, tight membrane ar

t acted like a black hole, greedily sucking in the residual en

st all

dragged her battered body across the rough sto

nto a flat, roc

black miasma. Freezing rain lashed against her face, stinging her open wounds. S

itself from the ro

dim light. He hadn't been stationed here. He was a scavenger, sneaking down to the ed

s chest rising and fal

ummon the chaos mana, but her muscles were completely locked. Her body

wly melted into a

fted his heavy, steel-toed boot and brought

ck echoed i

vision swam with black spots. She glared up

ered, spitting a wad of phlegm onto the roc

es locking onto the silv

grunted, grabbing her ar

, the bracelet violently discharged. A loud cra

d. The skin on his fingers w

e twisted in humiliated rage. He drew

bitch!"

ulled his leg back and kicked

ne. Half of her body slipped over the edge of the cliff. Th

tus laughed, and he stomped his boot direct

ra

sumed her. Cletus's laughter faded as she plu

ng her, the chaos core flared to life. It devoured the dark energy

p away, two bright, mechanical beams o

l glider made of scrap metal a

avy leather coats were

the pilot, a boy with goggles na

ollar of her uniform, hauling her onto the metal deck. Kira's hands immediately

diving deeper into the un