Chapter 58 Prison Break (1/2)

The raw Essence of the Real Pills flooded Arran's body like a river of fire, pain filling every fiber of his being Yet although his face twisted in agony, there was a near-ain

He stood in front of the door, waiting for the raw Essence to build up inside his body Finally, when he thought there was enough, he unleashed it at the door

The burst of power hit the door with a thunderous crash, but to his surprise, it held up against the attack, although there was now a large crack in the door

Essence coursing through his veins like fire, Arran had no patience to spare Again he attacked, then again He battered the door with raw Essence, attacking it relentlessly, his

Finally, after a dozen attacks, the cracked door held no longer Yet another blast of raw Essence hit it, and this ti the door in its hinges

Arran took a moment to savor the achievement, even as his body was racked with pain At last, he was free

He stepped through the hole in the ruined door, cautious despite his eagerness to escape, and found hiht, he created an orb of Fire to illus Now, he could see that he was in a vast hallway, dozens of doors like the one he had just broken through on either side

On one end of the hallas a large wooden door, reinforced with steel bars On the other, there was only darkness

After a ht, he headed toward the wooden door at the end of the hallway, as it seemed the most likely exit

He found the door unlocked, and when he opened it he saw a narrow spiral staircase behind it, hewn from stone and uncomfortably steep Impatient to leave, he was about to head up, but then, he shook his head

Behind each of the doors in the hallway behind him, there would be another cell like the one that had held him If there were people inside, perhaps they could tell him where he was, or even help hi to the nearest door in the hallway Up close, he saw that it was barred with two thick iron beae locks

Arran easily destroyed the locks with two blasts of raw Essence, then removed the bars It was clear that the doors were made to keep people in, not out

Cautious despite the pain urging hiht his way

At once, he could see that the cell was identical to his own — large and circular, with the floor, walls, and ceiling all made from the same smooth stone The only difference was that in this cell, the walls bore deep scars froic attacks

When Arran turned his attention to the interior of the cell, he saw that a body lay at its center E, it was the body of a ray robe Arran approached the body with some caution, until he was sure that the man was as dead as he seemed From the look of it, the man must have starved to death

Arran hurriedly left the cell, then ain, he found an e to a woman She, too, see of nausea cut through the pain caused by the Essence inside Arran's body Not because of the corpses — by now, he had seen enough death to have become numb to it — but because he realized how horrible their deaths must have been, locked in a dark cell without food, sloaiting to die

To Arran's mind, this was far crueler thanto kill, but he could not understand locking someone up only to leave them to die this miserably

He shook his head in revulsion, he moved on to the next door Perhaps someone was still alive in one of these cells, and if so, Arran would not let them die — not like this, at least

Once more he found a cell that was identical to the other ones, and once more he found a man's emaciated body inside He was about to leave when suddenly, a whisper sounded

”Food… Give…”

Arran hurried over to the man, and only when he approached hiard body before him

He took out some food and set it down in front of the rab it, and he began tearing into it with the fury of a starving animal