It was there at the entrance that Lin En finally saw the figure deep within the cave clearly.
Countless chains extended from the darkness on all sides, binding that "person" firmly in the center of the cave. She appeared to be a woman, with long, dark green hair and a naked upper body covered in countless densely packed markings. Chains embedded in her bones held her arms high overhead.
Her head hung low, and a contraption of steel covered her eyes.
But she could no longer be called human. Her entire anatomy below the waist resembled that of an enormous termite. Countless swollen masses of flesh occupied nearly a third of the cave, twisted and piled together to form her utterly disproportionate lower half.
It looked like a horrific modification that had forcibly spliced a human together with some bizarre creature.
Lin En narrowed his eyes, suppressing his emotions.
"What is she?"
Tyrael explained fervently:
"If you mean what she used to be, her origins are quite extraordinary. She is a Divine Scion."
"Several centuries ago, before our Factory was established, the Gods' Families launched a campaign into the depths of the Spirit Realm. This woman was the eldest daughter of the Gods' Family that represented [Life]. Even then, the talent she displayed in the domain of life had already drawn the attention of many Great Demons."
"She was far too close to her ancestor, a god who governed life."
That was also why they had chosen her.
Life was such a wonderful thing. In theory, the birth of every Vessel could be traced back to this Sequence. That meant that if they wanted to manufacture higher-quality living Vessels, choosing a mother like her to gestate life was their best option.
"So during that campaign, the Lord of Crimson devised