Chapter 471

The rushing winds inside the vortex started to slow, and the volume of the sound they created decreased as well. Inside the whirlwind, a winged, human-shaped form began to slowly take shape, hovering several feet above the ground. As the figure grew darker and more solid, the winds continued to abate, until they seemed nothing more than a slight breeze circling round and round.

While the company’s attention was focused on what was happening within the vortex, a single serpent demon slithered silently up behind them. Whether this was part of some plan, or was simply an unhappy accident of a stray demon trying to join its fellows around the vortex did not matter. The serpent’s path took it straight toward Leah. At the last moment, the thing’s movement caught Kai’s attention. He whipped around and threw himself at the demon, two arrows still gripped in his hand, but he was a split second too late. The serpent’s poisoned fangs sank into the back of L