Bab 306: Deadweight

[What is that...thing?!] Arsinoe's breath hitched in her throat. 

The creature was so unusual that she wondered how it had lived, or breathed. Perhaps it never did and only stayed within the fortress until it met with the forceful blow that killed it.

But what if there were more?

[When it was alive it used to guard these tunnels.] Morgana replied. [I couldn't risk getting close. It's only now that it's dead that I decided to try.]

For once, Arsinoe was speechless. The creature likely never left its place, it's only action to squash anything that didn't belong. It was too unrefined a creature to look upon. Too crude even for her! 

[I thought the marked ones were the strongest.] She muttered in disbelief.

[I thought so too, until I saw it.] Morgana replied.

Arsinoe sighed. [So, which tunnel do you think leads to their Queen.]