Ascendant Among All

Chapter 53 (Persistent)

As Jotaro prepared himself for the next wave of attacks, the chaos of battle continued to unfold around them. The air was thick with tension, the sounds of combat echoing through the dungeon.

It was then that Samantha, her crimson axe glowing fiercely, charged into her own fierce encounter with another being—a wizened old man with a long beard that flowed down to just below his chest. His eyes glinted with malevolence, and a dark aura surrounded him, marking him as a necromancer.

“Face me, you child of the light!” the old necromancer bellowed, raising his hands to summon dark energies.

With a flourish, he beckoned forth the spirits of the dead, their decaying forms rising from the ground like grotesque marionettes on strings, their eyes hollow and lifeless as they surrounded Samantha.

Samantha met the oncoming horde with fierce determination, her crimson axe slicing through the air as she struck down the first of the summoned undead.

The blade glinted in the dim light, a vibrant re