My Life as the Villainess’s Butler

The Titan's Wrath

Lucien's Devourer titan loomed over the shattered tomb, its chains lashing the air with thunderous cracks. The preserved Hartwell—Nyra's mirror image—crumbled to dust as the titan's maw snapped shut, void energy dripping like venom. Lucien perched atop its skull, his voidsteel arm crackling with stolen power.

"You've outdone yourselves, darlings," he called, voice amplified by the hive-mind. "A reincarnated godling? The Eclipse thanks you for the offering."

Liana hurled a hybrid energy blast, searing a molten gash across the titan's chest. It roared, regenerating instantly. "Nyra, get back!"

The girl stood frozen, her crystalline body reflecting the chaos. "I… remember this place. I died here."

Flashback Triggered:

Nyra's past life as the Hartwell in the tomb, sacrificing herself to seal the Sovereign. Lucien's shadow loomed even then.

Priam's Threshold

Priam's corruption surged with every heartbeat, the Sovereign's whispers a seductive growl. "Let go. Let me save them."

He stumbled, veins bulging black. Seraphine caught him, her void-infused grip burning his arm. "Fight it, or I'll kill you myself."

"Promises, promises," he rasped, shoving her aside. His blade, now fused with voidsteel, cleaved through an Eclipseborn.

Priam's Corruption: 90%.

Seraphine's Mirror

The statue of the god—Seraphine's likeness—glowed faintly in the rubble. Seraphine approached, compelled by the Devourer's chains writhing beneath her skin.

"You are us," the statue whispered. "Our fear. Our failure."

She pressed her hand to the stone. Visions erupted: her ancestors, Hartwells turned tyrants, their cruelty feeding the Sovereign's hunger.

Seraphine's Revelation:

Her lineage isn't just bastard Hartwell—it's a cursed branch, destined to repeat the gods' mistakes.

The Devourer's voice slithered through her mind. "Break the statue. Free us."

Seraphine raised her void-cloaked fist. "No."

The Fifth Leyline

The final node pulsed deep within the titan's chest—a glowing core of corrupted energy. Nyra's crystallization reached her throat, her voice a rasp. "It's… inside… him."

Liana shielded her from falling debris. "We can't reach it without—"

"Me," Priam interrupted. His eyes, now fully void, locked onto the titan. "I'll carve a path."

Priam's Choice:

Accept Sovereign's Power: 100% corruption, irreversible.

Reject It: Death, and the group's annihilation.

He chose.

The Sovereign's Rise

Priam's body erupted in void energy, wings of shadow tearing from his back. The Sovereign's laugh echoed as he lunged at the titan, claws shredding its crystalline armor.

Lucien grinned. "There you are, old friend."

The titan's chains ensnared Priam, their struggle shaking the earth. Liana charged, hybrid light blazing. "Nyra, now!"

Nyra's Ascension

Nyra's crystallized hand touched the ground. Erathia's heartbeat synced with hers, the leylines singing a dirge only she could hear.

Nyra's Merging:

Process: Her body dissolves, fusing with the leylines.

Cost: Her consciousness, scattered into Erathia's fabric.

"Tell them… I'm sorry," she whispered, shattering.

The titan screamed as pure light erupted from the earth, purging the fifth node.

The Devourer's Defiance

Seraphine seized the moment. With Nyra's merge destabilizing the void, she wrested control from the Devourer. "You want the gods? Take them."

She channeled the Devourer's essence into the statue, its stone cracking. The titan disintegrated, Lucien's arm shattering as the hive-mind severed.

Lucien's Fate:

Status: Mortally wounded, crawling into the shadows. "This… isn't… over."

Epilogue: The New Dawn

The survivors gathered at dawn. The sky's rift healed, Nyra's light woven into its seams. Priam knelt at the crater's edge, his void scars dormant but seething.

Liana placed a hand on his shoulder. "She's still here. In the wind. The soil."

Seraphine stared at the reformed statue, now bearing Nyra's face. "What now?"

Priam stood, his voice a rumble. "We find Lucien. End this."

In the distance, a crystalline flower bloomed where Nyra fell.