Path of Annihilation—Ruins

[Nick's PoV]

Just as fast as the voice of Khaic, the Bloodknight, appeared, it had disappeared again. With its disappearance, it was almost as if some invisible yet gigantic weight was lifted off of Nick.

Taking a tentative step forward, he found that the barrier blocking his access to the first altar was finally gone. He didn't know if the Bloodknight had put the barrier there or some other force, but in the end that detail wouldn't matter too much.

In just a few steps he was going to gain a great power, breaking one of the seals of Annihilation in his [Fang of Finality].

With that, he was going to save—

'What the?'

The second he had placed his hand on the altar, the landscape of the throne room had crumbled away, transporting him to some kind of ruins.