Was it an Originium Art developed in the past specifically to target bugs?
Or...
He dismissed that terrifying possibility.
According to past research and analysis, the beings the bugs obeyed were basically nothing more than a few lingering echoes of will.
But those lingering echoes of will could only be detected when the Swarm descended.
At this moment, the Endless Swarm still remained within Subspace and had yet to descend.
The Sarkaz Witchcraft that had been set up had detected no trace of that echo of will either.
Therefore, the Shapeshifter Collective had most likely mastered some kind of Originium Art capable of influencing bugs—
Given her long life, it was hardly strange for her to have learned such an Originium Art.
The threat posed by individual bugs was basically insignificant to those present.
"It seems that over the long years, you have learned some new Originium Arts, Shapeshifter."
No emotion could be heard in Quesatusta's voice.
"But you are not welcome here."
It was not impossible for a Shapeshifter's duplicate to exist within the Confessors' territory.
No Sarkaz knew how many duplicates the ancient lord of the King's Court possessed, nor where those duplicates existed.
If the Shapeshifter had not entered his sight of her own accord, he might not even have noticed that an extra guest had appeared in the Confessors' nest.
"I do not wish to come into conflict with you either, Quesatusta."
The Shapeshifter Collective sighed.
"Hand that blonde Sarkaz and it over to me, and I will leave your territory."
One was part of her deal with Kuisaxinna.
The other was her own intention.
She wanted to take this Zergling away and study it properly.
After all, this was an opportunity that had never existed in the past.
No matter how perfectly her duplicates transformed,