Chapter 210: B2: C110: Grimrock Dark Lord (End of Book 2)
Other than being chained and enslaved at the bottommost layer of the Grimrock Hell Gate, Foodie had faced many incredible and horrible things in her ten years of life.
She’d killed and eaten the corrupted members of the fallen Green Hop Explorers, some of whom were family. She’d also killed and eaten weak adventurers who foolishly ignored her warnings about the Grimrock Warlock.
She’d fed and given aid to a promising group of Outsiders, chief among them being the honorable and dreadful Zarian Darkrun. But she’d also made the mistake of letting Jack live as a token offer to Zarian.
She’d thought Jack would serve as a stepping stone to the wizard.
She hadn’t considered how much support Jack would get from both sides of the alignments, good and evil, turning him into a murdersome and arrogant tormentor who liked to go out his way to hurt her while she was bound into inaction by the reinforced slave mark.
She’d seen Zarian Darkrun in a mirror, which led to her chatting with her goddess, Shadowfell, for the first time in her life. It was around then that Foodie realized she’d done the right thing in helping Zarian and his friends. She’d recognized how fast they were growing, accomplishing many incredible Feats of Adventure in a brief span.
She’d faced the dark death of all things, the Darkrun Apocalypse. Instead of staying dead, she’d found herself brought to life.
She’d seen her mother and Jack lose their minds to fear and rage. She’d witnessed them become far worse than imaginable, revealing to Foodie that the alignments were truly two faces of the same coin.
Each side, Mother and Jack, evil and good, had abused her, hurt her, and made her feel less-than, while forcing her to feed them cheap stats from her food at the expense of her freedom and destiny.