Chapter 1203: Hollow [Bonus]
[Thanks to regixyz <3. Please rot]
Sylas roared, his arm swinging down.
From above, he looked like a knight riding a steed—if that steed was a Sacred Beast with eyes so crimson it reminded one of pools of blood and deposits of ruby.
The hive trembled as it seemed to try one last-ditch effort to save itself. But it was far too late.
The world fell into silence as the lance disappeared into the queen hornet’s body, splitting its defenses so seamlessly it almost looked as though it had done nothing at all—until eruptions of emerald lightning turned it into a pincushion.
The queen hornet was shattered from the inside out, its Will collapsing first, leaving its eyes vacant. And then its body followed, everything shattering to pieces as though it had never had a Constitution that high to begin with.
Sylas took a deep breath, and then another soon after. Then he looked down at the Hollow Wing...
This creature...
It was unruly, but it was powerful. Despite having taken in Demonic Aether, though, it didn’t seem to have any other changes to it. It looked much the same as it always did, other than the fact it was larger now, as though it had perfectly scaled up.
Somewhere deep inside, Sylas felt that this beast was hiding more than what it seemed, but he had no way to prove it, and the little girl had basically already told him everything he could afford already.
’Hollow Wing...’