Chapter 44

Logan parries Tobias’s massive tail as the crowned serpent commands reanimated corpses to swarm. Neverra slashes at Tobias while Dianna, weakened by blood loss and unhealed wounds, hacks through burning undead. Tobias taunts Dianna about Samkiel, seeking to break her focus as her once-blazing power dims to a smolder.

Tobias hurls debris that rattles the already-ruined factory. Logan drags Neverra into an alcove and shields her from falling metal and wood. Dianna, bloodied and barely healing, appears beside them, determined to continue despite her condition and the building’s imminent collapse.

Assessing the hopeless odds, Logan urges Dianna to call a god—Samkiel—to confront the King of Yejedin. Dianna refuses, insisting she must finish this herself, driven by the memory of her sister. Neverra counters that Dianna cannot do everything alone, challenging Dianna’s solitary resolve as Tobias’s undead scour the structure for them.

With Tobias battering the walls and corpses closing in, Logan’s controlled fury carves a path while Neverra reengages with blade in hand. Dianna’s defiance hardens even as her strength fades, setting a perilous impasse: Tobias’s overwhelming might against Dianna’s refusal to summon divine help, with the trio bracing for the next onslaught.