Chapter 279: Boss Room
The party moved fast. As they did so, it felt as if every step echoing through the cursed crimson halls was a countdown to their own collapse.
The enormous chamber they’d entered seemed to stretch on forever.
Luna stomped her feet against the ground as another gamer girl rage moment was about to spill over again.
"That fucking spider-cunt... I’ll electrocute her sac-flaps..." she muttered venomously, swatting aside a strand of thick webbing. "First, she talks as if she were Miss Perfect, then transforms into a hideous monster before releasing her freak babies on our food?!"
"Bestie," Nyx interrupted gently, "I think we got the point."
At the same time, Aria swallowed and moved closer to Kaiden. "H-How long do you think we’ve got? Before the curse gets us..."
Kaiden opened his mouth, but someone else beat him to it.
Bastet. "The better question is: how do we stop that heart from being used again? If she activates it mid-fight again, none of us will be able to swing a weapon properly, let alone cast magic."
"Right... We need to come up with a counter," Kaiden agreed. But doing so was easier said than done.
Minutes passed.
The further they ventured into the chamber, the more distorted the architecture became. Fleshy webbing now covered the whole walls, stretching from broken pillars to arches.
And then... the sounds began.