The very instant that sudden burst of festering death force had reached him, Loimos had instantly known how, and most importantly, who it was that given up their life force to assist him, and honestly, even him, the pure undead, had not predicted for this to happen, it was about as low as it could get in terms of probability amongst his calculations, but it had indeed happen, and the proof was right in front of him.
Normally, when facing the two women who tended to be by his side the most, there would be One, the sun walking vampire girl with an obsession for all that is rotten and specifically Loimos himself, and the other would Maliah, The Death Dealer, a living working as an agent of death and amongst the most powerful members of the Empire despite being animated by life.
Now however, it was two undeads that were facing him.