Mingyue hadn't made them all the same.
She had baited Thepes into believing each one was simple ice he could easily break.
By the time he reached the trap, it was already too late.
Mingyue mixed her space power into the ice, creating a gravitational pull that held him back.
Alex sent his runes toward the trapped leg.
BANG!!!
Thepes tore himself free before they closed. Blood and broken ice scattered from his ankle.
He moved away from the next lotus instead of stepping on it.
"He's adapting fast," Alex told Mingyue through his mind.
"I know. We need to kill him quickly. Do you have any idea?"
Alucard's body was not normal. Even without doing anything else, they both knew that without destroying it down to the last cell, they had no chance of killing him.
Even then, it still wasn't guaranteed.
Alex glanced toward the upper side of the chamber.
Dorian's ghouls had held their position.
Selene remained near the living Sovereigns, turning aside anything that reached them.
