The dreadguard's body was almost as large as the very behemoth Arachne had killed in the forest.
Not only had it grown in size, but beneath the junction where its humanoid torso fused into the spider's massive body, a second head had formed, a monstrous spider's skull fashioned from the same dense armor as the rest.
Its jaws parted, revealing cannibalistic teeth and four massive fangs. Two additional mandibles framed its mouth, each looking even deadlier.
Yet the most unsettling part wasn't its size. It was the dragon traits woven into its form.
Along the spider's armored skull, horn-like ridges curled back, black vapor drifted between its teeth. Although its newly emerged face was still considered to be a part of the dreadguard's body, its eyes and head moved as if it were its only living identity.
