Chapter 287: Confrontation
"I... I can’t believe you’ve truly made it this far..."
Countess Veylin’s voice.
It came from deeper in the lair.
And it was quivering.
But then, she found strength somehow, stabilizing herself. Her shock turned to begrudging acceptance, then simply wrath, filled with the desire to end their lives.
"You’ve destroyed... innumerable years of work!" she hissed. Her voice started swelling with overwhelming fury; the venom in it was palpable. "Do you have any idea how long I spent creating those adorable children you butchered? Each one, a masterpiece of fang and silk... each one, perfect."
A pause came. And then, when she spoke again, a note of hunger slid into her tone. She started purring darkly.
"I do hope you won’t mind if I make good use of the corpses you leave behind. They’ll serve as such comfortable homes for my young. My little ones will eat your flesh from within... and when the time comes, they’ll burst free from your rotting husks to greet the world and serve me."
Diaz’s eyes narrowed. Without a word, he tapped the hilt of his dagger against his leg, a subtle signal. Then he slipped away from the group, letting the shadows swallow him as his rogue spell blurred his outline into nothingness.
Kaiden’s gaze moved to Jack and Leon. They both gave short, grim nods. The unspoken agreement was clear: push in while keeping the backliners safe.
The three men did just that, pushing forward through the throbbing corridor. They pushed through one last fleshy archway and entered... a different world.
No dangling egg sacs. No writhing silhouettes of unborn monsters.