"I must commend you for lasting as long as you have. However, resistance is futile in my presence," the king said in a voice that had an androgynous quality.

They couldn’t discern if this person was truly the king. Despite having the king’s face, the figure before them had a monstrous and horrifying body.

"What's going on?"

According to Adrian, the king was dead. Why was he appearing before them now, and in such a grotesque form?

A powerful dark energy emanated from the king as he said, "Gre