The water of the lake exploded upwards as massive waves were lifted hundreds of feet into the skies.
The lights in the eye of Lamia shined as the barrier covering the lake began to dim. She made a gesture with her hands and her Champion began attacking the spikes inside the numerous eyes on her hair.
He began to steadily pull them out; it could be noticed that the barrier over the lake was linked to the Control Hub, and as the Serpent consumed it, the barrier over Lamia was weakening.
This child is performing far better than she would have ever thought. He was surely the best pawn she had on hand. She knew of no one else inside the Nexus that could perform this task better than he could. Not even that fool playing Soldier.
Her mouth went crooked as she grinned widely. freewёbnoνel.com
Lamia opened her mouth and the countless bones at the bottom of the lake began to stir and slowly began arising and surged into her open mouth.
Her stomach began to slowly expand, until it seemed as if she was twelve months pregnant! Yet for the number of bones she had consumed it should be far larger.
This continued for a while before the last of the bones entered her mouth, she frowned for this was hardly the amount she was expecting, and most importantly, her most prized possessions were not among them.
What she had just gathered were only the surface layers of the bones at the bottom of the lake, and although they were the most plentiful, most were simply the bones of mortal or weak Dominators of the first circle.
Her real prize dwelled deeper within the bones, where the remains of powerful Dominators of the second and third circle rested, numerous demons and various powerful creatures also lay there and chief among them was a fourth Circle Dominator, a being only second to a god.
An awful premonition began to grow in her heart and her eyes penetrated the gloom, she saw the remnants of a tail slipping back into the ground.
Lamia's eyes burned with fury before she settled, and a strange smile bloomed on her face. There were some things this child should not eat, else he would pay the prize.
The darkness Rowan encountered inside the Control Hub that was seemingly dispelled began to appear around the bulging stomach of Lamia.
She began patting her stomach and crooning a gentle song, as her hair started to wave in the air like massive piles of snakes.
Her stomach began to grow cold, as flecks of ice began forming around it, she began to create real Abominations, not the paltry shadows she was forced to make before, and inside the Nexus, she was hidden from the eyes of the gods, and no one was here to stop her from creating what had been forbidden from her for so long.
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Rowan placed the investigation of the Spatial Artifact on hold as he walked to the remains of the General, his perception swept through the charred bones, and he detected no sign of life. Yet, there was a problem, as the General was not dead, for Rowan had not harvested his soul.
At his final moment, Rowan felt a pulse in the General's soul before it vanished, but since that soul was now extremely weak, Rowan had felt its passage, and knew it was not far from him, the General was likely still within the Nexus.
Envy began to shriek, it was a shrill metallic sound that could make heads explode around it for miles. The sound was the rage of a weapon that had been denied its price.
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