Chapter 522: The Titan Queen
…Hollow Shade… Bourge District…
Melantha dashed at the titan queen in a burst of lightning and slashed her sword in a downward arc. Ananta met the sword with her two daggers, Honorem and Votum. The three orichalcum blades clashed in a storm of sparks and resonated chaos mana outwards in undulating waves.
The neighborhood air seemed to shine with silver-blue and jade-green motes of light. Each mote glowed for a brief moment before sputtering out.
Merchants and their families hid in their homes, hoping the horrors of the war raging outside wouldn’t reach them. From their windows, they furtively watched the motes’ dazzling display, like a snowfall of light. Gradually, the motes began to flow into their homes right through the windows and walls.
The particles flowed freely through one nearby household but disappeared as they touched the frightened drow family within.
The father held his wife closely and glanced around anxiously. “What is this…?” he muttered.
His daughter, no older than 5, watched with mouth agape, and reached out to snatch a mote from the air. The condensed chaos particle seeped into her pudgy grey hand and disappeared. She suddenly started coughing violently.
Her mother picked her up into her arms. “Sweetie, what’s wrong?!”
The toddler’s face went pale and her eyes grew bloodshot. Muscles seized up. Blood frothed at the edge of her lips. And then her body went slack.