The moment the word "Heartstealer" left Duraga's lips, Roland's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.
The scene of his life-and-death struggle in Wailing Gorge surfaced in his mind, as clear as if it had happened only yesterday.
If not for the narrow passage restricting the monster's ability to maneuver, the Spiritual Resistance from [Will of Steel] withstanding its most lethal corruption, and his own fearless, close-quarters assault robbing the creature of any opening to unleash its terrifying Mind Power, he never would have survived.
He would have had absolutely no chance of survival.
And yet, even with all that, at the end of the battle, the unknown behemoth controlled by the Heartstealer—a beast powerful enough to shake the very structure of the gorge—had still nearly buried him alive.
And now this Dwarf before him, this Duraga, was claiming to have captured such a powerful, cunning, and dangerous creature alive?
