THE dreaded spell

of ice raining on them from above. They instantly panicked, lurching away in a cacophony of screams. Shadows happily

gazed at the night sky, his Attribute-enhanced eyes piercing the darkness, and took one measured step back. In the next second, a pi

inued to rain, many were wounded, and a few even

, fools! Get

lative safety of the mountain slope. However, before anyone could heed his command, something massive came crashing down, sending a tremor thr

all as a mounted horseman. However, once the creature unfurled its long limbs

ast four meters tall,' Su

nd disproportionately long, multijointed hands - two of them, e

that at first glance looked like dirty snow turned out to be its fu

neath them, a terrible maw crowding with razor-sharp teeth was half-open, as though in an

e, under the creature's skin. He could see them clearly because, unfortunately, he was o

t... too much,' he

general direction. But Sunny was one step ahead: without wasting a single moment, he jumped sideways - as

-shouldered man a fraction of a second later and sent streams of blood flying through the air. Drenched in

y are you

Not paying it any attention, he tried to roll the corpse to the side, but was stopped by a forceful lurch of the chain that twisted his wrists and filled his mi

could have

corpse stubbornly resisted all his attempts, but then finally fell sideways, setting Sunny free.

ainst the broad-shouldered slave's bleeding body, he cl

gs could get worse, right, you idiot?

sent chain. He quickly glanced around, noticing a mass of dancing shadows and the silhouette of the monster rampaging amidst the screaming s

as looking at it with slackened jaw and a horrified ex

taring at?! Mov

The chain was twisted between the three of them, pi

enched h

inducing metamorphose. Strange bone growths pierced its skin, e

arp claws; the face cracked and split, bearing open a twiste

is not

ling a strong urge

the c

ce as pale as a ghost. That remark was far from helpful, but given the circumstances, his shock wa

t this whole situation was literally not right: the Spell, mysterious as it was, had its own se

nd, finally, mythical Titans, also known as Calamities. The First Nightmare was almost always populated by beasts and monster

on of itself - an ability that belonged exclusively to tyrant

ant even doing in

s that damn [Fa

was no tim

only one person now who c

ng strange clicking noises. Without giving him time to fully come to his senses,

ive jagged claws, shot forward to meet him, but S

since his childhood was spent on the streets instead of a school. But the streets, too, were a kind of teacher. He had spent his whole life

being consumed by fear a

Before the creature, still slow and groggy from its transformation, could properly react, Sunny wrapped the

the monster couldn't

ain he used to immobilize it was gone,

his two fellow slaves. "Pull on that c

e they

king, started to move. Grabbing the chain from the opposite directions, they pulled as

' Sunny

eak free. The chain creaked, caught on the b

so gr

th the short, thinner chain connecting his shackles together. Then he circled the monster with

weird, terrifying mutant like the one trying to eat him. But now, using his own back as a

nst him, bone spikes brushing against his skin. The monster continued to st

what would break first - the

e, you b

ce as he was pulling, and pulling, and pulli

little he had to begin with - were quickly running out. His wounde

Sunny felt the mons

aintly familiar voi

beautiful sound

dormant beast, Mou