The Cruelest Act (1)

Rumble

Dark clouds thickened above them, heavy with foreboding.

The air crackled with static, charged by the release of Ivaim's misfortune.

Before anyone could react, a blinding flash tore through the sky.

CRACK!

A bolt of lightning descended like a spear hurled by the heavens.

The tattooed man barely had time to flinch before the strike found its mark.

BOOM!

Electricity surged through his body, lighting up his tattoos with a ghostly glow.

His muscles seized, and a guttural groan escaped his lips as he crumpled to one knee.

Smoke curled from his scorched skin.

The man struggled to stand, teeth gritted against the pain.

His body trembled, stubbornly refusing to collapse fully. But fate wasn't done with him.

CRACK! BOOM!

Another bolt crashed down, splitting the air with deafening force.

Then another.

BOOM!