"First beast..." the words spilled from Rune's mouth in a whisper, but Aranea heard them clearly.
"Yes, I believe you have experience with my kind. Thank you for putting Maralith to rest, by the way. That girl had suffered for far too long."
Rune frowned at this. Aranea kept calling him weak. Maybe he was compared to someone like her, but his strength had still been enough it bring Marilith down.
"If you know about that, then you also know that I was able to defeat her."
Aranea looked at him for a moment before letting out a mocking giggle.
"You silly boy? You really think you beat her...?"
"Marilith was already nearing her end, and it took everything your group had just to finish off what little fire she had left. She was the strongest of our group, with only that sly snake Serac being comparable. Even then, it is a toss up to say which one of them would win in a fight..."
