'Don't you dare die on me!' Erion said via a mind link while he swam deep underwater, where no Dragon could ever follow him. 'I need you alive to explain to the Dead King that it's all your fault if our mission failed.'
'Fuck… you.' Akhton replied before losing consciousness.
'Fuck you too, bastard.' The Jormungandr snarled as he regenerated the section of his body vaporized by the Hungry Void. 'I took this easy, safe mission because I wanted to prove my loyalty to Orpal.
'Success or failure were irrelevant, I only needed to show him my value without compromising my cover or putting anything at stake. Because of you, not only have we lost the race for the fungus folk, but we have also compromised our foothold in Verendi.
'If the Bastets take the news of Akhton becoming an Upyr even remotely as bad as the Griffons did with Jorl, they'll scour the continent for clues that might lead them to Akhton and derail any operation we start here.
