Chapter 300: End of the Hollow
The crimson sigils on Kaiden’s gauntlet screamed, searing with light so intense it carved shadows across the ruined chamber. His breath hitched as the corpse beneath him convulsed, as though death itself resisted being robbed of its final secret.
The daggers in his hands dissolved into raw crimson energy, unraveling back into the gauntlet. With a guttural snarl, Kaiden pressed his palm into the Countess’s chest cavity, fingers sinking into the steaming flesh.
The gauntlet answered. Its sigils unfurled, expanding outward and spreading across the Countess’s broken form, locking her carcass in a cage of writhing scarlet lines.
The chamber howled. Her sin fought back, not wanting to be consumed.
Kaiden’s head snapped back as an alien hunger slammed into him. His heart pounded like a war drum. The Countess’s essence wasn’t just power; it was an obsession, a ravenous need to gorge, devour, take. It clawed at his thoughts, trying to overwrite his will with endless appetite for more.
"I’ll never become a puppet like her, so you better give up...!" he growled.
Kaiden’s Demonic Pornstar System announced its presence when it materialized a message in his head.
[Sin Extraction Commencing...]
[Target: Countess of Gluttony]
[Resistance: 84% ... 62% ... 47% ...]
[Warning: Excessive corruption may destabilize the Successor.]
Kaiden clenched his teeth until blood ran from his gums, forcing his will down the torrent. He could feel her memories flashing. Feasts of flesh, oceans of webs, an eternity of hunger. The Countess, or perhaps the sin she cultivated, tried to latch onto his soul, whispering promises of endless satisfaction if only he gave in.