Life or Death

It only took Raquel a second to react to Ryker’s words, stepping forward and swinging her sword in an arch straight at Lady Diana’s head.

This was it.

She poured every bit of strength, on the edge of going berserker as the veins and muscles in her arms tightened and strained against her gown sleeves. But the strength soon seemed unnecessary.

The moment the tip of her sword touched Lady Diana’s neck, her head fell off and became a pile of ash. Meanwhile, her body split into two and that inky black liquid from earlier crawled out, soon taking the form of a woman.

It took Raquel a moment to realize this nightmare was Lady Diana’s true form.

The body she lived inside was nothing, but a dead husk that was kept alive by her powers. And by destroying that husk, Raquel had released the worst possible monster upon the world.