Lucian stared in absolute horror. Right in front of him, hovering ominously over the flowing river of magma, was a massive, swelling bubble of liquid lava. It was towering at roughly 6.8 feet — almost the height of a tall, imposing human.
[you meatbag, run and take cover right now unless you want your skin to literally melt off your bones! It's going to blow!]
Lucian frantically whipped his head around, pure panic scrambling his thoughts. He couldn't find a single safe spot to hide. Well there was none.
Adrenaline flooded his body, spiking to its absolute peak. In that split second of life-or-death terror, all the agonizing muscle pain and exhaustion from yesterday's torture completely vanished from his mind.
Suddenly, a desperate idea flashed in his head. Without hesitating, he thrust both his hands forward, aiming directly at the swelling monstrosity.
"Come on... please work!" he roared through gritted teeth.
