He spun amid a cloud of phantom images, striking at flesh, feeling almost as if he were in the mists again. No koloss could stand against him. He felt energized—he felt amazing. For a time he was invincible. He’d swallowed so many atium beads he felt like he’d throw up. For its entire history, atium had been a thing that men had needed to save and hoard. Burning it had seemed such a shame that it had been used only sparingly, in instances of great need. Elend didn’t need to worry about any of that now. He just burned as much as he wanted. And it made him into a disaster for the koloss—a
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