Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 6 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 6

... there was a large red mark on her arachnid abdomen in the form of a rune that Noah recognized from his research. It was the rune of Corruption, the essence of the Profane’s power.

When the demon Zyrga first appeared, he used his dark powers to poison the soil, water, air, and all magic and life. Much like the radiation left behind by an atomic blast, the land scorched by his evil was regarded as cursed earth. All living beings caught within its influence either died or were corrupted. When Somerset came to power, he and the Profane used their tainted magic to do the same and built their empire upon cursed earth. That was the power of the Profane, the nature of the rune, to both create and destroy through defilement. The whole facility, tainted by the webbing and the dark mana, was turned to cursed earth.

“Has the equipment been properly calibrated?” she asked as they walked among the tanks.

“Yes, Mistress Carthace, I made the final adjustments as per Master Curcio’s instructions, and everything is functioning as it should.”

“It’s good you arrived with this new breed of parasites when you did. We were stalled in production, though my children and I were enjoying the surplus of food.”

“Yes, they are more resilient and enduring, and don’t require as much maintenance upon reaching maturity. With the prince interrupting our supply lines, we need pawns that can do more with less. Master Curcio is more dedicated than ever to perfecting the parasites. Soon, they’ll be ...

... far smaller, and able to live in harsh environments outside of the lab while lying in wait.”

Noah followed them through the room, listening to their conversation, but he was careful to maintain a safe distance. Every time Carthace stepped on a thread, he could see mana surging through it and spreading to every other line she touched. Not only was she obscenely powerful, but Noah suspected that if he stepped on an energized thread, she would sense his presence just as Tysinger had.

“Are there any side-effects with the new parasites?” Carthace asked.

“In a way. In exchange for resistance to Uther’s poisons, the bonding process is a little more… active. Please, observe.”

Noah pursued the Profane out of the nursery and up a flight of stairs. Though the male ghoul climbed the steps as he did, the spider woman walked up the wall itself. Each of her eight legs, flat and sharp like serrated scimitars, was remarkably flexible and fast, and could individually support her weight and let her climb any surface and incline easily. A single knife-like tip touching the wall gave her enough purchase to move in all three dimensions as if the laws of physics didn’t apply.

They arrived in a circular chamber above the nursery, with a large pit in the middle of the floor, like an empty swimming pool. The walls were made of metal and concrete and featured more technology than anywhere else in the palace, incorporating scientific designs and runic in***********ions. The sides of the ...