Meanwhile, the two were already far from where they'd tricked Nephralis and Varkhaal. This region stretched endlessly and the edge of the formation that bound it was still nowhere in sight.
Silence lingered for a while... until a sudden sound broke it.
"Pfft…" Marie's voice crackled through the comms, trembling with suppressed laughter.
That was all it took.
Lucien followed. First with a snort then with a full-bodied laugh.
"HAHAHAHA!"
The echo of their laughter rang across the empty sky.
Marie nearly choked on her own breath as she mocked the Nephralis and Varkhaal's pompous tones.
"'Who would've thought this would be so easy? We should've talked earlier,'" she said, perfectly mimicking their deep voice and smug arrogance.
Lucien laughed harder. "You even got the stupid grin, right?!"
Their plan had worked. Flawlessly, from start to finish.
The origin core fragments the enemies now held… were fake.
