Chapter 257 Veronica's Day

Tyler Grant slumped against a gnarled trunk, everything in his range a blur of shadows. His body was a map of pain, the gash in his side leaking blood onto the forest floor. Above him stood Veronica, the cursed baseball bat resting lightly on her shoulder. It was dripping with Tyler's blood, which she watched with glee dripping down her shoulder. "Well, well, Tyler Grant," she crowed venomously. "Look at you now—humbled and crawling. Lord Lazarus Briar has truly surpassed himself this time." Tyler's eyes saw red, but his heart still burned with an urge to kill the woman. "What... what did you do?" he rasped again. Veronica's grin widened as she dangled Goliath's heart—the soul core—before him. The dark pulse formed a rhythm with its heartbeat. "Do you see this beauty, boy? Oh, it's no mere trinket. Lord Lazarus took Goliath's soul core and worked his dark genius upon it. Now it's a magical radar jammer, severing you from the universe's mystical energy." Tyler's jaw slacked, unable to b