Lord Seeker's eyes widened again, and this time he looked not merely surprised, but fascinated. His countless eyes stared at Ace as if he had discovered something that shouldn't exist.
'Twenty steps.Already?'
Afterward, his gaze deepened further because something else had happened in that moment. The Stairway had actually paused for an instant when Ace reached the twentieth step. As if it had encountered something it couldn't immediately understand.
Lord Seeker's eyes shimmered as if he wanted to see through Ace but couldn't because of the stairway's influence. This made things even more complicated, and his suspicion of Ace grew.
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On the Evernight Ascension Stairway, Ace entered the twenty-first step, then the twenty-second, the twenty-third… he continued climbing without hesitation, pause, or visible struggle.
