The faint rustling sound accompanied the creeping silhouettes climbing up the edge and disappearing.
Amidst the uncontrollable moans of pain by his ear, Lu Li drew a sharp dagger, the blood flowing as he raised it. Through the grotesquely mangled flesh of his palm that couldn't be closed, he glimpsed the distant rock wall strewn with rubble and lava.
Lu Li ripped his shirt, wrapping the torn strips around his palm one loop after another, tying it tightly before turning and stepping onto the staircase.
Knight Vino lay gasping on the cold stone steps, gritting his teeth as he tried to get up, but was pulled back by the heavy leg armor.
"Exorcist, you cannot leave...!"
He lifted his trembling, bloody hand while removing the leg armor and shouted upwards, but could only watch as the staggering figure climbed up the nearly crumbling stone steps and gradually moved away.
