CHAPTER FOURTEEN The man standing in the center of the city’s ruins looked somewhat like Mecha Knight’s character. Same shaved face, same muscular body, same general build, but beyond those few general similarities, he looked almost completely different. For one, he had ditched his crimson mage robes for a set of demonic-looking black and red armor, which looked twisted and rusted in several areas. He still carried a staff, but it was way taller and deadlier-looking than his original staff, topped with a razor-sharp blade that looked even sharper than my sword. His hair was longer and grayer than before, while a fire burned in his eyes that looked distinctly unnatural. He also seemed to be radiating heat, based on the way the stones melted around his feet. Struggling to get to my feet,