>>5452406Pretending to spin time back to the present, the blade inched closer to the baby's head as Sivir was successfully manipulating into making them stay.
"WAAAIT!"
Both parents yelled at the same time, and though for different motives, they both wanted their son to remain safe.
"Oh? Perhaps our guests felt poorly treated?"
"Indeed, our benevolence needs to welcome any and all who wish to abide by our contract. Perhaps you would enjoy the taste of freedom with the child, Sivir? Afterall, you never managed to live like a real human without first needing to sacrifice some souls..." Slan enticed Sivir to give in, but she refused.
"I would never! I'd rather die than trade spiritual energy with one of you!" Knowing all she had to sacrifice was Hedwyn or herself, she was too afraid to act on her wishes.
"...Hahaha..." Hedwyn laughed, unafraid of The God Hand's provocation.
"Maybe your dear Hedwyn would rather bargain with us instead?"
"I know there needs to be 5 of you God Hand bastards instead of 4, so since you're looking for the last lamb that will sacrifice their own, how about we make a little bet?" Hedwyn proudly held the Behelit in his hand, confident that his creation would be able to take down the kings of evil.
"A bet, you say? And what do you wish to add to our round table?"
"Give Sivir and this kid a way to survive on their own. Maybe give her an artifact to change between forms, I don't care what you do with her, as long as she manages to safely escape from this bloodbath! I"
"And in return?"
"Remove all of our appearances, for one to be able to turn into whatever they want, they should remember who lost their forms to make that happen!"
"Hedwyn! Are you mad?! Are you really willing to sacrifice your whole clan for a small chance of defeating the God Hand?"
"They were all about to die anyway. If he is really a plan by the God Hand to aid them, then he really is no son of mine. But just in case he is, I'll be sure to have the last laugh, bring their weapon back to them and fire at their face!"
"Hedwyn! I thought we were meant to raise him together?"
"Raise him? You are no mother. Though you should consider yourself lucky, if I cared enough about you to call you my spouse, you would die here along with the others.
As the chlid's Od was secreted into a sphere, the roots connected him and Sivir to change her form. Overrun by sadness, the plant turned human merely ran with her eyes closed as she managed to use a barrier that protected her from the monster that Hedwyn turned into, laughing to himself to cope for the years of research he did were brought down the drain.
"Hahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
As Conrad instructed the transformed Hedwyn on how to act, his possessed mind killed friend and foe alike, with viscera-colored rats swarming all and eating them whole as they were transformed into flesh monsters, turning the swamp into a bloody red nightmare of a scenery.
