"And what's wrong in that?" she hissed.
Severin shook his head. "Are you not the loyal servant of your master again?"
"How dare you talk like that to me when you have the power already? The nature of the world is above and below. Those who are strong and those who are weak. I am weak and had to submit to my strong master.
"But if the said master made a mistake, then I will make it my gain so that I can be the strong! Don't tell me, boy, you are among those who think they are righteous and all?"
Severin paused. "If I was, I wouldn't be here pointing my sword at a spider."
She snorted. "A shame. I like those righteous better, they are so easy to kill."
Then she laughed, dry and cracking like dried bones. "You shouldn't have let me buy time, boy."
Behind her in the web, countless red eyes appeared and the web of darkness shook as if countless legs were walking on it. A small spider half the size of a man appeared.
