Hollow Knight Fanfic - Honor and Blood

Chap. 31 - Enemy of my Enemy

Galien, the enormous warrior, writhed as he did his best to remove the pungent liquid from his face. The irritation on his skin was overwhelming, enough to overwhelm the hypnosis that had been imposed on him. Everything, in a unbridled frenzy, in which he brandished his scythe in all directions, crossing any structure that was unlucky enough to be in his path.

Meanwhile, Sun Ce and Tobu were waiting. At any moment, the colossal insect could recover its previous state and attack again. The Sendero Verde general still maintained his counterattack posture. Waiting, with sword in hand pointing forward, ready to cross the opening as soon as it was revealed before his eyes. Tobu, beside him, also took on a guard stance. A simple glance, and Sun Ce was able to identify that this weaver was more than just a cook.

However, both stopped thinking and focused ahead, when finally the enormous insect stopped its unbridled anger, remaining completely static looking to the side. The moment had arrived.

—Mmmm... interesting.

Both Sun Ce and Tobu were surprised. Those words had escaped from the rampaging insect's mouth. They both exchanged glances for a moment, to check if their partner had definitely heard the same thing. However, his attention never left the scythe warrior.

—What a peculiar flavor. The broth has a good flavor, and the cavasuelos meat has an exquisite texture. The spiciness is strong, but not enough to overpower the flavor of the rest of the ingredients. Fascinating... Simply wonderful.

This had to be a joke. It was what the warrior and the cook were thinking at the moment, watching Galien discourse to himself while he savored the rest of the ingredients that still remained on his mask, completely ignoring everything around him. Until one of those masked weavers approached him from behind.

-You! Beast! What are you doing!? You were given an order! —Said the weaver, clearly enraged.

—An order? —The warrior asked skeptically. —I hope you'll excuse the misunderstanding, miss, but Galien doesn't follow anyone's orders.

—Damn useless! Obey!

The strangely formal tone of the formerly unbridled beast not only left Tobu and Sun Ce even more confused, but also irritated the weaver, to the point of raising her needle to whip the warrior and remind him who was in charge. What neither she nor anyone present expected was that Galien's scythe would be brandished with such force that the two separate pieces of the masked weaver's corpse would be brutally thrown against the walls of the caverns, breaking into pieces. smaller before the brutality of the impact.

Tobu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. It's one thing to see structures being demolished by such brutality. It was quite another thing to see a living body be stripped of life in such a way. Sun Ce, on the other hand, only frowned, now realizing what he had feared so much. That warrior who called himself Galien was much more dangerous than he really seemed. In fact, he was barely able to see the trace of his attack, now that he seemed to have full control of his body and mind. Galien's face, on the other hand, only maintained a neutral expression. Doubtful. In case having taken a life hadn't bothered him at all.

Galien looked up, and tried to understand what was happening around him. Weavers fighting against weavers. That didn't make any sense. However, it wasn't something he really cared about, much less his problems. His mind wandered through his thoughts, but there were some gaps that he was not able to fill. Like the fact of why he was there at that precise moment. However, his scythe only took on a more relaxed posture, as he walked with no concern towards the warrior who maintained a defensive stance towards him, and the weaver on the side who seemed to be in some state of shock or something similar.