Thalia couldn't believe it. She had been watching the Collector the entire time. How did he disappear right in front of her eyes?
Was he an A-ranker? Didn't feel like it…
Cold sweat drenched the back of her neck as she felt a disturbance in the air directly above her.
She snapped her gaze upward. A thick steel chain swathed in blazing blue flames was quickly descending toward her. "Fuc—!"
Thalia threw herself sideways.
BOOM—!!
The chain smashed into the stone floor, shaking up the entire room.
Chunks of stone flew into the air. The impact cracked a deep trench into the ground. Thalia rolled across the floor and immediately came back onto her feet.
The chain ripped itself out of the crack and writhed before lashing forward, moving like a living serpent.
She barely had time to raise her sword.
CLANG—!
The chain struck the flat of her blade with the force of a moving truck, and her arms went immediately numb.
