Chapter 29: A Pathetic Thing
Kael was impressed by the human's plan. He had somehow hidden himself inside the Flameclaw Lion and waited for the perfect opportunity.
Even if the lion had failed to defeat Kiona, he would have still managed to get her and fulfill his main goal.
It was a brilliant plan, from start to finish. Sadly, he met Kael as his opponent.
Kael had more questions to ask him, but something on the man's wrist caught his eye, and his mood soured instantly.
The human had a tattoo of a half sun burning brightly in crimson flames, the symbol of the Dawnfire Goddess.
Kael cracked his knuckles and said, "Go to your brothers when you've caught your breath. This one's mine."
In the next moment, the human smiled and raised both of his hands in the air, causing the entire ground around them to shake as if an earthquake had struck.
Webs of cracks began to form all around Kael, and arms made of rotten flesh emerged from those same cracks.
"What's your name again?" Kael asked casually, watching the grotesque monsters crawl out of the broken earth.
There were at least a dozen of them, with twisted shapes that resembled nothing he had ever seen. They looked like a crude amalgamation of flesh from various beasts, stitched together by madness.
"Wouldn't it be poetic if you knew the name of the man who ends you?" the human sneered.