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"No…! This is impossible! You can't simply do that!"
Sloth was raging with tremendous frustration and confusion.
Why was Maria still alive?
And why was Arachne fighting back so well?
How was she able to gain such resolve? She never had any of that before!
It was her, her, and HER!
Maria!
Her creeping presence surged from every crack, which was a wound Arachne's attacks left behind.
Maria's soul had been eaten, yes, but that was also part of her plan.
At the end, she wanted to have her soul devoured so Sloth could absorb her and therefore, make her part of his own body.
Through Arachne reveling against him and fighting back using her Divinities, she opened cracks she could abuse, and not only open them up, weakening Sloth, but also draining his powers.
"Why do I feel so weak? W-What is this?!"
Maria had changed plans; she was not going to just change vessels.
