The tunnels beneath the castle weren't as dangerous or cursed as Kai had feared, at least not like the last descent he and Vepice had taken into shadow-drenched stairwells that held the dangers Ebonbrand had concocted.
No tricks, traps, or games.
Instead, the path was more…
Infested.
The first signs came from the bones hiding at the bottom corners of the corridor walls. As the corridors turned into a man-made cavern system, there were bodies of creatures and demons wrapped in webbing.
Then, only as Kai's light magic lit up part of the path ahead, did they notice it.
A thick strand of glistening web stretched across the corridor like a silvery chain.
Seyren, striding confidently at the front while observing the hanging corpses, walked right into it.
The sound it made when it clung to his armor was like wire winding tight.
