Apotheosis

The fox girl stood at the upper right corner of the No-break Maze, sneering at the scramble taking place below.

There were many rooms of hexagram arrays at the end of the maze; those unwilling to surrender would most likely attempt to escape into these rooms. She had expected them to follow this course of action.

"Do you seriously think resuming your original form will help you fight me?

Unfortunately, none who came before you got away from me. Do you think you'll manage it?

Hahaha..."

Her laughter was as crisp and sweet as wind chimes stirred by a gentle breeze, but it was lined with menace which shook all the Other Shore creatures to their bones and made them shiver when they heard it.

She then slowly turned away from the upper right corner.

"She's coming down!"

"Does she plan to enter the hexagram arrays?"

"She's not going to let the Evil Orochis attack instead? She's going to fight on her own?"

Everyone trembled in fear.

They might have returned to their original forms, but they were still not confident they could contend with the Evil Orochis.

If she drove the giant serpents right into the rooms, they'd all be destroyed with ease. Even if they possessed some truly special skills, dealing with the Evil Orochis would still prove mightily difficult.

But it seemed the fox intended to go in alone.

She stopped in the center where the passages intersected. Zen, Egan, Kirk and some other Other Shore creatures were in the room of hexagon array on the left, while Walden and another group were in the room on the right.

A short while later, she had made her choice and walked towards the room on the right.

When the creatures, including Walden, saw her coming, their eyes widened and their hearts began beating vigorously.

They had no way to effectively deal with the Evil Orochis but they believed they might stand a chance against the fox alone.

They had appeared to be stuck in a dead end but it now seemed a favorable opportunity that they would all seize desperately.

"Everyone, spread out!"

"She controls the Evil Orochis, so if we captu

ody, disappointed.

She stretched her pink finger slowly and removed Walden from the wall, dragged him to the hexagram array and threw him from the room.

The instant he was thrown, his body split into pieces. The broken pieces turned into pictures and scattered on the white scroll in a gruesome scene.

The Iron Dogs in the upper right corner caught the smell of blood, crawled along the passage and began devouring Walden's broken body.

The Other Shore creatures still in the room trembled violently. They couldn't help but be overtaken by the fear of being fed to the Iron Dogs.

"What a strange and horrible skill!"

"We're going to die anyway, let's at least go down fighting!"

"…"

They mustered the courage that remained in them and charged forward together.

The fox girl's face remained unchanged. She tapped her fingers lightly and her pink nails flicked out once more.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Waves of immense power pummeled into their chests. None of the Other Shore creatures, no matter their sizes, had any power capable of counterattacking. They were already on their last gasp when their bodies hit the wall.

With another flick of her finger, they too turned into pictures and like Walden, were thrown into the passage to feed the dogs.

After disposing of the last of them, she slowly turned towards the room across the corridor.

It was time to clear the left room.