The Guardian System: The strongest Summoner's quest to save his family Chapter 393 393: City Like a Corpse (10)

Reidar heard footsteps.

The sound was faint at first, muffled by the walls of the basent, but it was getting closer, coming from the corridor outside the chamber—the sa corridor he'd just walked through to reach the room.

His Sky-Hunters had detected nothing, and the palace was supposed to be empty, yet sothing was there. Reidar's hands went to his wand.

The level gap was too wide and the space between them too narrow. Twenty-two levels separated them. The Ignis was Level 502. Reidar was Level 480. His summons were weaker, and they were getting obliterated. Without the number advantage, Reidar could not bridge the gap between levels as he always did.

But killing the creature was a possibility if he got out of the room.

The Ignis broke through another shadow wall and got close enough that Reidar could feel the heat from its breath.

"Keep it busy!"

The Dread Shields surged forward. They activated Taunt again, forcing the Ignis to focus on them instead of Reidar. The creature turned, lashing out with both blade-arms. More skeletons died. More explosions filled the basent.

Reidar moved toward the door, needing to get out, but the Ignis noticed him moving and turned its head, locking its glowing eyes onto him.

The creature ignored the skeletons and lunged.

Reidar dove to the side as the Ignis's blade-arm slamd into the floor where he'd been standing.

Reidar turned and sprinted for the far side of the chamber, where a narrower doorway led to a secondary storage room. Then his Volatile Essence perk triggered.