A Treacherous Trap (Part 2)

The Wizard's bloody, gruesome death sent the stench of a slaughterhouse into Guk's nostrils. The tyrant charged into the cave, then abruptly halted and spat in irritation.

"What's this supposed to be?"

Watching the Calculator's shattered corpse slide from the killer's claws and pile up at the scarlet monster's feet, Guk felt thoroughly baffled.

The Wendigo Church's envoy had wanted him to come here, to see what Hannibal wanted him to see—and stranger still, Guk had actually agreed.

"Boss, this is..."

Kundraka and the Court Guards followed close behind. When they witnessed the massacre before them, they too froze for a moment.

All the Orks noticed the countless mouths emerging across the fiend's body. They greedily licked at the Calculator's steaming remains.

The killer, the Torlas Council's biological weapon, raised its head and sensed Guk's presence—now, it had only one choice left.

"Stay out of this."

With a flick of his right wrist, Guk dropped his warhammer into his palm and charged the monster. At the same time, he raised his mechanical claw with his left hand and pulled the trigger, sending an expanding tide of bullets surging toward the Soul Drinker.

Rat-a-tat-tat~~!

The scarlet-skinned monster slid aside from the edge of the metal barrage, then leaped backward, rolling through clusters of firelight and shafts of dim sunlight.

The Soul Drinker might have been agile, but the cave's terrain greatly restricted its movements.

"Target. Capture. Eliminate!"

With a low growl, heavy cleavers with the texture of teeth extended from the holes in the Soul Drinker's arms. It sprang forward, and those blades whistled past Guk's head, leaving a scratch across his helmet.

But the mechanical claw's upward slash also briefly carved a wound into the Soul Drinker's shoulder, only for it to heal itself in an instant.

Seeing that a