The instant the golden particles clung to Margo, the surrounding Nulls—still mid-charge at Max—suddenly froze for a split-second, their many eyes swiveling away from Max's position as they all simultaneously locked onto the source of the sacred glow. Their nostrils flared, tongues flicking out hungrily as they caught the potent scent of divine bloodline energy mingled with human's aura.
A low, collective growl rippled through the horde, building into a rising crescendo of shrieks and bellows as every Null within range went berserk, driven mad by the allure of the Heavenly Luminance energy now radiating from Margo's back like an invisible beacon.
And then, as one, the entire stampede shifted.
