Chapter 83 Shadow Veil

• I had trouble breathing because of what felt like a suffocating pressure in the air. The Collector's fortress loomed ahead, a monstrous jumble of stone and pulsing veins that glowed faintly with a sickly light. It felt as though the ground was trying to draw me into its hold with each step I took forward.
• I firmly gripped the hilt of my blade and urged myself to keep going. I still felt the weight of the orb's effects, but I could no longer harbor sorrow. Sebastian was still alive. That was the important thing.
• I froze as I heard a rustle to my left. I looked about in the dark, my heart racing. "Who is present?"