After hearing the Snake God's words, the Mist Demon God seemed to understand something and said no more.
The Snake God turned his gaze back to Aether. Without Aether undoing the seal placed by the Heavenly Principles, even killing him would leave the two of them powerless against it.
"Your Highness, I hear you have a dear little sister. Would you like to see her?"
Aether looked incredulous when he heard the Snake God's words.
"Lumine is far beyond what a small fry like you could handle. Don't try to bluff me."
The Snake God gave a malicious grin and tossed a photograph toward Aether.
Aether immediately caught it. When he saw that the photograph actually showed Lumine and Keqing tied up, his expression visibly changed.
Seeing Aether's expression, the Snake God immediately continued.
"I must say, Your Highness's sister is truly impressive. If she hadn't been badly wounded when I encountered her, there's no telling how things would have ended."
Aether's expression shifted repeatedly at those words before finally returning to a look devoid of all emotion.
I'm sorry, Lumine!
Hearing Aether say this, the Snake God and the Mist Demon God exchanged a glance.
"Fine! It seems Your Highness won't give up until you're staring death in the face. Once we finish you off, using your corpse to control the Heart of Pride will achieve the same result."
With that, the Snake God and the Mist Demon God moved together.
The Snake God manipulated elemental power to manifest a gigantic serpent dozens of meters long. Beside him, the Mist Demon God's body dissolved into countless wisps of mist. Half wound around the serpent's scales, while the other half gathered into a single horn atop its head.
The instant the gigantic serpent took shape, it hurled its body straight