Chapter 224 Pyre (1/2)

Chapter 224 Pyre

Inside the giant nest of spiderwebs, a desiccated corpse of the colossal Matriarch lay shriveled on the floor, its iron carapace shattered by soht of it was still terrifying

The vast abdomen of the brood mother, however, appeared to have been severed ht Castle It almost looked as if it was… torn apart fro wound, Sunny noticed the shattered res

The size of them was about the same as that of the five inal Stone Saint and her brethren back in the Dark City

'So… that here they ca aith a shi+ver, Sunny noticed numerous cocoons of spiderwebs attached to the walls of the nest all around the dead Matriarch Inside thehtmare Creatures of all shapes and sizes were preserved in a strangely good condition

This was a true hth they were kept alive inside the cocoons for a long, long ti into mummified corpses Perhaps the abominable spiders stored them there for later consu a few cocoons that had been broken open and as inside of the

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They used them as incubators

The creatures in the broken cocoons had been devoured fros e weakly behind the slightly transparent shells

'Curse… it all…'

daotten Shore… and especially daht hi, feverish, neverending nightmare he had found himself in

But the worse was still to cori on his face, Sunny called out to his companions Then, he led the a cocoon that was different froh silhouette of a human body

The six of them stood somberly around the cocoon, each consuhts Finally, Nephis turned her head to Caster and said:

"Can you sword cut it open?"

With a short nod, the proud Legacy su the cocoon, he stopped and hesitated for a fewback at Changing Star, Caster lingered for a second, and then faced the cocoon with griht eraceful precision of an expert swordsh theit open A shriveled huacy jump back

Nephis, Caster, and Sunny stared at it, their faces pale and full of ghastly resentment Then, Sunny bent over and emptied the contents of his stoplace did not die an easy death In fact, being eaten alive frohtinable At least Sunny couldn't think of anything worse

But even worse still, he recognized the dead Sleeper

His face was strangely intact, with an expression of horrifying agony frozen on it forever Despite the overall condition of the corpse, Sunny kneho it was just fro man who had attended the Academy with them, the one who had called him a shorty when Sunny first approached Caster to create the i at their condition, Effie frowned:

"Did you guys know him?"

After a few moments of silence, Caster slowly nodded