Chapter 287: Chapter 288: Desertion Part 1

I try not to blink.

Or vomit.

Vermix.

They're everywhere. All around me, in every place I look. I can barely see snow through their charging bodies, all pouring over the hill to the forest at its base. But they don't see me. They can't. I've slowed down time to seek out the one I need, the one that can end this once and for all. And I'll find him. But I have to be careful. There are too many Vermix here. Entirely too many. One wrong move and I'm dead. I'm dead times a thousand. I wanted to be in the middle of the enemy and here I am. Right fucking dab in the middle.

Breathe, Fallon.

And concentrate.

Reuzkimpart.

I have to find Reuzkimpart.

I inhale through my nose, soaking in the energy around me. Anger and determination. Hate. Revulsion. All around me, vibrating within every living being. And then I feel him. I feel him like a force, like a pull through the air, the scent of hunger and pride drifting closer, stretching its black arm as if to summon me. To taunt me.