Chapter 434: Resistance

Kain's breath caught in his throat as he watched the black corruption spread across Aegis' massive stone body.

The earthen texture and sandy colour of the golem darkened, the once sturdy and familiar surface now appearing slick, as though coated in black oil or tar.

Fissures broke out along his rocky body that emitted black smoke, and his massive form trembled. Then, his eyes—his once unwavering, sandy-yellow eyes—began to bleed into a haunting, soulless red.

"No…" Kain whispered, his voice barely audible over the battle's din, dread settling like a vice around his chest. 

The moment a contracted creature succumbed to corruption, the contract itself would shatter, sending a backlash of pain deep into the beast tamer's soul.

Worse still, the turned contract would immediately become another enemy, no different from the abyssal creatures they had been fighting.