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"Helena…! She's not far now! She's actually very close! Can you feel her, Lucia?"
Jake swung his bone blades, cutting through the robots one by one as he pushed forward. The Venerables handled most of the heavy lifting, yet the group still contributed plenty.
"I can!"
Lucia closed her eyes for a moment and sensed Helena's faint presence just around the corner.
"We're almost the—What the?!"
The entire team skidded to a halt. The walls were changing, now covered in pulsating red flesh. Thick, root-like tentacles spread everywhere.
The flesh throbbed violently. Countless red eyes snapped open, glaring at them with fury before charging energy and unleashing beams of searing psychic light.
"Shit! Are you kidding me?! What is this thing?!" Belle dodged as many beams as she could, though some still struck her, hurting far more than they should have. "Attacks of this level shouldn't even scratch me…! How?!"
