Morning light—if it could be called that—was faint and distorted everywhere.
Echo led Kael to a new doorway, a black arch with intense flickering light with intense presence between two alien trees.
[Tutorial Dungeon: "The Hollow Maze"]
[Recommended Resonance Levels: 1–3]
[Kael] swallowed. "Define tutorial."
[Echo]"Low-risk environment. Mortality rates are minimized."
Kael laughed bitterly. "What's low?"
[Echo]"Forty-seven percent death rate."
He swore under his breath.
Forcing himself, as he stepped through.
The world shifted it was different.
A labyrinth of shifting stone walls stretched before Kael. The ground pulsed beneath his feet as darkness swallowed all beyond the five feet of sight.
[Echo] whispered in his mind. "The maze adapts. It is alive. Do not trust the walls."
A chittering grew behind him.
Walls began to move.
A shriek pierced the air as segmented, eyeless creatures poured from floor cracks.
Kael ran, turning sharply—only to be trapped by closing walls.
A creature lunged.
Kael caught it midair, slamming it down.
Two more followed in its wake, Hitting him feircly.
[Echo][Pain Response: +8 Resonant Charge]
[Unlocked: Burst Pulse I]
Energy exploded outward in a shockwave, turning the swarm backwards greatly Damaging them to the point they couldn't move.
Kael collapsed right after, one nostril bleeding.
[Health: 26%]
[Kael]"Echo—get me out of here!"
[Echo]"No exit until the boss is defeated."
[Kael]"The worst tutorial guide ever!"
Ahead, walls parted, revealing a chamber glowing with eerie light.
At its center stood the boss—a towering beast of hardened bone, eyes stitched shut so its blind.
No weapons. No allies.
Kael stepped forwards in his last hopes on his wits end.