Chapter 9

As they leaped high through the fog, a massive bud with a pitch-black hole in its center came into view. The moment the Mummy Queen registered their presence, it unspooled the bandages wrapping its body, whipping them out to swallow the two of them whole. And Van… “Brace yourself.” He hurled Cadel right over the bud. “Are you crazy…?!” Roots lunged fiercely, aiming for Cadel as he plummeted toward the empty ground. But before they could even touch him, a flying wave of Sword Aura cleaved them in two.