Only a minute had passed since the battle began, yet Alex already felt the crushing weight of it bearing down on him.
Not the kind of exhaustion that came from running out of stamina or magical energy, he still had enough left in reserve to keep moving, but the deeper, heavier kind.
The kind that came from knowing that death was right there, just a breath away, and unless something turned in his favor soon, it would be over.
[You have died...]
[Reviving...]
The message had already flashed before him more times than he could count.
One by one, his orbs had failed.
Only two remained now, [Orb of the Unbreakable] and [Orb of Purity], the rest had either been avoided, blocked, or simply hadn't worked against these twisted beings.
The [Orb of Balance], which usually pulled enemies off their feet with its gravitational force, did absolutely nothing.
The pull failed like it didn't even exist.
