The garden had gone quiet, like it was holding something in. Not calm, just tense.
Shards of shattered mirrors still floated in the air like broken dreams.
Airi was relentless. She was still moving, tearing through the last of them with her glowing blades.
She hadn't felt the shift. She had been trapped in a mirror when it happened, when that wave of power tore through the maze, when the outside world bled in.
But Bel had felt everything.
He wasn't moving now. Just standing, head tilted slightly, eyes staring at nothing. Inside his mind, the system was buzzing out of control.
[Lindworm – Level Up!]
[Lindworm – Level Up!]
[Drake – Rank Up: Greater Demon]
[Calculating shared attributes...]
[Lindworm – Level Up!]
[Lindworm – Rank Up: Lesser Demon]
[Bond Level 1 Activated]
[Calculating shared attributes...]
[Would you like to grant this demon a name?]
[Would you like to grant this demon a name?]
[Would you like to grant this demon a name?]
