Jason struggled through the tunnel, his boots slipping on loose stone, his lungs burning with every breath. The ground kept quaking beneath him—violent tremors that threw him off balance and sent him crashing into walls. The ceiling kept threatening to fall every second, cracks spreading like spiderwebs above his head.
"Why am I doing this?"
The question echoed in his mind with every step. He was weak and alone, he could barely handle a spider as well. Kaelen was a reptile he had known for barely a week. A guild member who had called him "little meat" and laughed at his jokes.
But Kaelen was a decent enough person. In a world full of monsters and manipulators, the reptile had been straightforward. Honest and a tad bit kind.
Jason knew that if he could save him, he would.
He rounded a corner and nearly collided with two figures.
