Sylas had been completely surrounded by the aura of a Scorpion—the true, unbridled nature of one—from the moment Gralith began. It was much clearer to him than the attack on his Will Core had been, before one was separate from him while the other was ironically trying to protect him.
The dichotomy of the two, not to mention the sheer strength of the latter, made it far easier for him to grasp what was happening. Sylas was already quite confident in doing it on his own. But doing it before his body gave out… well, that was another matter entirely.
As powerful as the Scorpion Emperor was, it was still less powerful than the incomplete Scorpion Emperor that Gralith seemed to harbor.
However, Gralith didn't seem to have heard Sylas at all. Even as the Scorpion Tail was restrained by Sylas, pressing back into his body, and the poison was forced into a retreat, Gralith had still taken the eighth step.
His torso exploded.
