When Zich stepped onto the thirtieth floor, the figure at the far end of the hall was still sitting on its stone throne.
He took a few steps forward, and the creature raised its head. The chains wrapped around its body slipped down one after another, striking the stone steps with heavy clangs.
[Thirtieth Floor Trial: Kill the Soul Devourer.]
Zich stopped and tightened his grip on the Frostgrave Scythe.
The Soul Devourer rose.
It stood much taller than Iron, with thick scales covering its shoulders and back. Its hanging claws nearly reached its knees. Once upright, it neither roared nor charged immediately. It simply watched Zich across half the hall, slowly tightening its grip on the chains.
The reopened wound on Zich's shoulder was already bleeding through his clothes.
The fabric stuck whenever he moved his arm, and he kept his elbow slightly lowered as he adjusted his stance.
