The next scenes could only be described as gruesome...
The girl fought with everything she had, her entire body straining for the chance to breathe another second.She mutilated her enemies whenever she had the opportunity for even a brief recovery, making sacrifices that would have earned her kinship with the battle-hardened.
Corrupted blood had long caked over her skin like a shield, and with every breath, she drained it of the Aether it contained.She lost an arm, half her face, and part of her legs during the brutality.
The people had become desperate, using every opportunity to deliver hell to the girl. While their power and weapons were stripped from them inside the dome, it didn't make things any easier for her—if anything, it made it worse. They fought with raw, unrefined energy, beating her into submission using only their bodies. It became a battle of flesh. Though she alone had a weapon, it didn't offer much of an advantage.
