'Doevm would know what to do,' Frey thought as he tore his way through the crowd. 'Demons, weird floating doors, basements filled with souls; I don't know about any of this crap. All I know is that my targets are in front of me.' With each demon he cut down, his view of the shamans became more clear. Standing between the twins was the snarky captain, who still maintained a cocky smirk.
The otherworldly creature slammed the other side of the emerald door again and again, the smell of blood driving it into a ravenous craze. One of the black chains finally gave out, crashing to the ground with discordant clanks. The thrashing stopped, and the hairs on the back of Frey's neck rose up. The dark cracks of the emerald door lit up with the yellow light of an enormous, slitted eye.
SO it seems there have been complaints reguarding complexity. one portion of the writer's job is to put thought and effort into the story, but not every idea that comes into our heads is gold. There's even a term in the revision process called "killing your darlings", where you simplify the stuff that is needlessly complex. I don't know whether the recent hiatus, my upload schedule, or needless complexity is causing issues, but something needs to change. I want you, my amazing readers who have read through HALF A MILLION OF MY WORDS (woohoo) to comment on questions you have, so I can isolate what the problems are and improve upon them. What's demonic influence? Was that ever explained? What's with this demon magic? Will that be explained? ANYTHING. There's also my discord if you want to talk in depth.