Chapitre 190: The Shadows - Part 15

No, in fact, it was worse than that. Much worse. He had never experienced a difference in aura so great that it felt like his limbs were heavier.

Of course, there was fear – there was always fear. Beam was used to fear, and he was used to pain. To a struggler, those were merely facts of life.

But an actual physical change? That was new. It was as though he was caught in several thousand spiderwebs, and they slowed his every movement as he fought to rid himself of him. But all the while, the spider was only adding more threads, and if Beam's heart weakened for even a moment, he was sure he'd be trapped in place.

Against a threat so overwhelming, against what should be certain death, three parts of him responded separately.

From Claudia's blessing, there came an overwhelming pang of despair, as though the Goddess herself was taking pity on his situation.