Near the throne room entrance, Rynath turned to Loryn with curiosity evident in her serpentine features.
"You said you've seen him use that transformation before. When?"
Loryn's skeletal fingers tapped against his chains, his hollow eyes looked in the distance. "Shortly after he..."
His voice trailed off, the memory pulling him back to that moment in the tunnels beneath the surface.
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The experiment crashed through the wall with force that sent chunks of ice and stone flying in every direction.
Demons in the pits scattered, screaming, trampling each other in their desperation to escape as the twelve-foot demon emerged from the breach.
Four sets of eyes glowed with different colors, each one tracking movement independently. Its body was a nightmare of flesh and metal fused together.
And it moved fast.
As quick as a high-speed bullet train, crossing the distance between itself and Jack in seconds.
