[Devourer Corruption: 0.20%
Warning: Trait shows signs of assimilation. Temporary boosts may occur. Risk remains.]
The warmth in his limbs wasn't from his blood. It was from something else. Wrong. Rotten.
But it let him swing faster.
Just for a second.
Kael pivoted, spun with the blade, and slammed it deep into the Nullborn's midsection—right where the ribcage should've been.
The creature screeched. This time, no illusions. Just pain.
Its arms spasmed. The regenerating eye dimmed again.
It staggered back, leaking ichor and shredded tendrils like smoke and oil.
Kael fell with it. Crashed into its side.
Both of them hit the stone, a twisted heap of half-living, half-corrupted flesh and cracked bone.
He gasped, sucking in air like a drowning man. Then he felt it... The pull.
A slow suction through Abyssal Fang—into his hand. Into his arm. Into his core.
[System Update: Passive Assimilation Initiated.
