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He took a few steps beyond the tunnel entrance, but only far enough to avoid being skewered or crushed by the spikes.

He began to walk backwards. With his right hand, he touched one of the spikes, and with the mana of metal and will, he transformed it into a handle, a grip. Before reaching the first torch, he managed to do the same with a low spike, moving it to a place where he could rest and support his feet. Before it gained more speed, he climbed onto the strange transport to begin advancing through the tunnel.

He didn't have much time or a very precise grip, but he managed to catch the spike in flight as the wall advanced and extinguished it by hitting it against the moving wall itself. The speed was slow again after a first attempt at acceleration, only just managing to move to catch the next torch.