Chapter One-Hundred-and-Fourteen

Adam and Mei continued west through the tunnels, trying to reach the Hispanic guy with the Defender weapon. Although it didn’t seem like she trusted Adam, it was clear that she appreciated them working together to take down the statues. They’d managed to defeat eleven of them before they ran into the guy in one of the large chambers.

He was in the middle of fighting four statues, doing his best to protect himself with his shield, but clearly not able to effectively kill the elementals bearing down on him, since he couldn’t find an opening. Every strike he blocked pushed him back, and Adam knew it was just a matter of seconds before his Stamina ran out and he was chopped to bits.

Adam and Mei came to his rescue, and despite scaring the shit out of the guy, he was quick to thank them.

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