Evolution:The Bloodthirsty Saga of the Magic Engineer - Chapter 93: Don’t talk to anyone?

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I ignored the discomfort. The exhaustion. The muscle pain. My only priority was getting out of there.

As soon as I left the forest behind, the stone stairs of the tower appeared before me. I dashed up the time-worn steps, feeling the weight of my overloaded armor dragging me down. But I didn’t stop.

At the top of the stairs, the great central gate of the tower loomed, and before it, the defense statue—a miniature minotaur-like creature, carved from raw stone.

The ...