World Fire

Kenner of Shadows

Locke charged through the halls, praying that he would find Trys against soon. He stole glances behind him as he ran and found a glob of shadows stretch across the watery surface.

The more he ran, the more exhausted he felt, and the more he wanted to stop and slow down. He felt vulnerable and weak without a weapon by his side, and all he could rely on was creating as much distance between him and the relentless Kenner.

While Kenner was a shadow that moved and stretched across the endless halls of the Jade Temple, Locke noticed that Kenner avoided all the slits of light that scattered the surface.

He gritted his teeth, turned a corner, and came face to face with a dead end. But it was not just a dead end – it was a treasure room. Piles of ancient relics stretched to all corners of the room. He ran to the far end, spun around, and fought to gain a few breaths before Kenner reached him.

‘Eh, so you found one of the treasure rooms,’ Kenner’s voice was a deathly hollow. ‘You ran around tha