On the other side of the chamber, Vaelira’s puppets rushed forward in unison, slamming their blades and claws against the Heart’s surface, making it bleed from a thousand wounds.
Jack’s hammer crashed down on it like a falling wall while Sasha’s arrows detonated with controlled magic bursts, and Diaz’s relentless strikes carved deeper into the swollen flesh.
Its healing slowed. The torn tissue didn’t immediately stitch itself back together anymore. The wounds lingered, smoking and raw.
"We’re doing it!" Jack bellowed, driving his weapon in again with renewed vigor.
Finally, they were starting to make a dent in it. The fact that it all happened because of the actual boss monster taking from it didn’t seem to impact his mood.
The Countess raised her arms. The mana tether went white-hot, and her shadow seemed to splinter into dozens of jagged shapes.
From the edges of the chamber came the first answering skitter. Then another.
The massive door to the boss room buckled with a hollow boom before splintering in half, the stone frame cracking outward.
They rushed in.
The same spiders Kaiden’s party had slaughtered by the hundreds on their march here came flooding through in a tide of clicking legs and snapping jaws. Somehow, five of them had survived, tucked away in unseen tunnels perhaps, and now they came to answer their mother’s call.
But as they crossed into the Countess’s presence, she reached for them. Not in a physical sense, but with that pulsing tether of power she now controlled.
The effect was immediate. Their movements sharpened into coordinated precision, their bodies swelling, claws lengthening, eyes glowing with a mirrored hunger. They shed their shells during their charge, revealing fresher, harder carapaces beneath.
Kaiden’s gut clenched. This wasn’t just bad, it was battle-losing bad.
Nyx was still out cold, and the Countess had a near-limitless fuel source in the Heart, pulling out stronger and stronger counters to their moves. And now her personal swarm had been supercharged into elite killing machines. A battle of attrition was no longer an option.
"Can you hold her back?" Kaiden’s voice cut sharply through the chaos as he adjusted his stance. "I’ll deal with the spiders."
Luna’s Stormblade reformed in her grip with a crackle of white-blue lightning. Her grin was feral. "Hold her back? I’ll kill this cunt."
"You already said that, and she’s stronger than ever..." Bastet’s fingers flared gold with solar fire.
"Shut it, horny kitty. Stop ruining my vibe."
Aria’s lunar sigils lit in perfect sync. "We have to obliterate her body so she has no chance of healing," she said coolly. "Luna, watch for her quick movements. She’s getting better at utilizing her high Agility by the second."
"Duly noted..." the Storm Valkyrie replied while twirling her electric blade between her fingers and stepping forward. She understood very well that she was about to dance with death itself. One wrong move and it’d be all over for her.
"Let’s burn the bitch," Bastet agreed with a flick of her tail.
"That’s what I like to hear." Kaiden’s heart sang with adrenaline. Truly, there was nothing better than fighting alongside his lovers. Now, they just had to come out of this mess alive...
He turned with a bloodied blade in hand and sprinted toward the incoming swarm. Behind him, the girls began attacking the Countess. The clash of magic and steel set the air alight.
▸ Trial One – Prove Your Wrath: 97/100
▸ Trial Two – Feed the Glutton: 1000/1000
▸ Trial Three – Conquer the Sinner: 0/1

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