When he moved, his scales rubbed against one another, producing a soft rustling sound.
His eyes were silver-gray, his pupils narrowed into vertical slits like a reptile's. At the tips of his fingers were ten-centimeter-long black claw blades, curved like hooks.
Marcus crouched at the edge of the platform like an ice sculpture. His hair was made of thick, rigid white metal wires that glinted coldly in the sunlight.
His light gray skin was covered in a thin layer of frost, which formed dense hexagonal patterns.
His mouth hung slightly open, revealing four dagger-like fangs. A thin layer of frost had formed on the ground around him and was spreading outward.
Elena stood beside Marcus like a queen of ice and snow. Her translucent pale skin revealed pale golden liquid flowing beneath it.
Her icy crystal hair was fine and long, refracting rainbow-colored light in the sun. Three pairs of tiny cracks slowly opened and closed, leaking a pale blue glow.
Michelle stood in the center of the platform like a golden sun. Her pure white skin was covered in dense golden patterns that flowed continuously. Six slender golden spikes extended from her shoulder blades behind her, their tips piercing the air with a faint hum.
Seven pairs of golden tendrils on her face slowly writhed as well, while her eyes burned like fire.
Kyle stood beside Michelle like a shadow, constantly twisting and changing shape. Occasionally, a white eye appeared on him, pupil-less and filled with nothing but deathly silence.
Layla stood beside Kyle like a compassionate Buddha statue. Her smile was warm when she smiled, but the eyes on the backs of her hands did not smile.
Karim crouched on the other side of the platform like a demon of the desert. Twelve scorpion tails extended from his