“You almost ambushed me,” The villain responded teasingly, “Granted, that almost was almost ten seconds long, but most never go even half that close. Regardless, it was neither your questionable stealth nor your horrendous puns that brought me here.”
They turned to him, putting away their chocolate, their tone becoming serious, as they watched Cat, “This whole city is about to become a giant slaughterhouse. A species, commonly very unoriginally referred to as Fluid Fiends, will invade the first time tonight. They are numerous, but, temporarily, mostly frail and stupid, which usually leads to various ‘heroes’,” They smirked, “Underestimating them until they spiral far beyond said heroes control. Quite a few worlds fell right about when their main weakness was - finally - figured out.”
The conqueror made a purposeful dramatic pause, “That weakness would be their source, colossal hearts hidden deep underground and coated with a very sturdy substance. Destroy one such heart - each ‘Fiend’ it produced instantly dies. Destroy all of those things - the invasion is officially over.
That,” They shrugged, “Was the nice news. The nasty part is that any entity a ‘Liquid Fiend’ engulfs also dies very quickly, and transfers its most dangerous trait to its killer, humans and the like included. And the most dangerous trait of a human is, unsurprisingly, sapience, leading to eventual development of a chain of command and stratagems. If that stuff happens, you lose. Simple as that.
But, fighting them is not the hard part. It is letting go. Hearts are most vulnerable during invasions, less guards by thousands, and going after a heart means leaving this city without a guardian,” They looked into Cat’s eyes, “Do you possess the strength of letting go?”
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