Chapter 109: Against the Demonized Human 2
Khione’s eyes narrowed, the frost in her gaze intensifying. Her disgust had long since burned away, replaced by a storm of cold, seething hatred blooming silently in her chest. This thing—this vile corruption of existence—wasn’t simply an enemy to defeat.
It needed to be erased.
Sealed.
Banished from the world like a malignant curse.
No words left her lips. Only her aura answered. It rose like a glacial tide, silent and merciless, spreading outward in waves of numbing chill. The ground beneath her frosted over, white tendrils of ice curling across blackened, melting earth, defying the abomination’s scorching presence.
"This fight will not be easy."
Khione clenched her teeth, her gaze never leaving the grotesque creature ahead.
"He’s stronger than me. Nearing the advanced stage of the Red Knight level... and worse, his element is my opposite. If I want to win—no, survive—I must give it everything I have."
Meanwhile, standing across from Nero was the second monstrosity—the mage, still cradling his crooked snake staff with a deranged tilt of his head.
"It~ is my turn~," he purred in a disturbingly flirtatious tone, voice dragging in a melodious pitch that made Nero’s spine stiffen. His lip curled in revulsion.
Then the transformation began.
Like the knight, this one warped in both body and essence, bones snapping and flesh stretching into a horrific parody of a sea creature. Gills burst open along his neck, flapping wetly, while his limbs twisted into webbed claws covered in slimy, reflective blue scales. His mouth split wider than humanly possible, lined with needle-like, uneven teeth, and his pupils dilated into slits like those of a deep-sea predator.