Chapter 120: Leigh
My ears burned to hear the familiar tremor of the earth when my roots wormed to the surface. But because I was in the Core, it might take time for them to get here. Time I didn't have. I pumped my legs harder, faster. Without the need for breath, I could go forever. But the stone trees might catch me first.
A faint tremble in the earth gave me a shot of hope, and if I could've smiled, I would have. I just hoped my roots were in crushing distance in three, two...
Now, I told them.
I angled to the left sharply and cut away from the trees' pounding feet. A deafening crash split the air over my shoulder, and out of the corner of my eye, a flash of crimson twisted out of the ground. Crimson, not the usual root brown.
Take them down, I ordered.