"So, you know exactly how powerful the Insect Queen truly is?" Orion's voice echoed, flat and entirely devoid of emotion. "Or rather, is she so overwhelmingly powerful that even your faction fears her? Interesting."
Vaelian didn't bother refuting the deduction. The cloaked figure simply withdrew his gaze from Lilith's brow, the sharp, predatory edge of his presence retreating beneath his heavy black cowl.
"Heh... As the Mother of the Swarm, a supreme entity on the absolute precipice of the Fourth Stage, she is invincible in this era where the true heavyweights remain hidden." Vaelian's voice dropped, carrying a strange, almost self-mocking cadence, as if emphasizing the sheer, suffocating gravity of the situation.
