"Want a taste of this power?"
Dies Martin's whisper lingered in the minds of the three Abyss Lords.
Their gazes locked on the Imp, now fully mutated, its aura more than a hundred times stronger.
It was no longer cannon fodder.
It was a perfect killing machine!
"Eat... I want... to eat it..."
Rotten Maw · Glato's reason drowned beneath primal hunger. Its massive, fleshy body writhed violently, and foul saliva poured from its mouth like a waterfall as it lunged for the Mutated Imp.
"Stop, you fool!"
Bone Lord Kalash roared. A wall of bone shot up from the ground, blocking Glato's path.
The eerie blue soul flames in its eye sockets fixed on Dies Martin. "Where did this power come from?" it asked, its voice dry and urgent. "Nothing like it has ever been born in the Abyss!"
"Hehehe..." Shadow Mother Lilith dropped her seductive pose, her eight spider legs scraping restlessly against the ground. "Lord Dies Martin, surely you're not saying you have plenty of a power that could change the balance of the Abyss?"
Her voice was probing, but greed was nearly spilling from her compound eyes.
Watching the three of them grow restless, Dies Martin let the faintest smile touch his lips.
They've taken the bait.
"Plenty?" He chuckled and shook his head. "No, I don't have plenty."
The three lords' auras faltered at once.
"This power, known as Sin Karma, did not originate in our Abyss." Dies Martin explained at an unhurried pace, each word a hook that held the three lords' attention fast.
"It comes from an entirely new world."
"A world that has just opened its doors to us, brimming with opportunities to evolve."
The three lords' breathing grew heavy.
"You mean... an invasion?" Kalash's soul flames flickered wildly.
"No, no." Dies