"The dark artifact (combined chapter)"
"You think it's over? You think it's over?"
"I am immortal! Immortal!!"
"I will not die! Never!!"
In the endless darkness, the phantom of the ancient Sith Lord Karness Muur lunged at him with claws bared!
Darth Malthael abruptly opened his eyes. Before him was a snow-white ceiling, and...
A sharp scalpel.
"Give me one reason not to kill you!" Celeste Morne's face was twisted with fury and hatred. Her striking features were filled with rage as she pointed the sharp scalpel at Darth Malthael's throat.
Darth Malthael looked around and saw several wrecked B-2 super battle droids on the floor. Judging from their condition, their electronic components had been violently ripped straight out through their photoreceptors by a claw.
It seemed that quite a lot had happened while he was unconscious.
Ignoring the scalpel in Morne's hand, Darth Malthael sat up from the floor and let out a long breath. "All right. I've stopped any more reinforcements from coming here. If you want to do something, make it quick. Right now, I still have..."
"Karness Muur's Dark Side energy is already corroding your body! That is the problem you need to deal with most!" Lucien Drai's voice rang in his mind, directly cutting him off.
"I know," Darth Malthael said flatly.
"You are a Sith Lord! I need no reason to kill you!" Celeste Morne shouted from the side.
"You look lively enough. Seems you're doing well. I've absorbed Karness Muur's ghost, so he won't trouble you again. Now give me the talisman, and you can get lost." Darth Malthael held out his hand.
"Dream on!! You should figure out how to save your own life first!!" Celeste Morne roared, charging at Darth Malthael in a single stride!
But in the next second, BOOM!!!!!