Max slowly lifted Dragonheart.
His expression remained calm, but his grip on the sword tightened slightly.
"I know."
The red light in the Abyssal Witch Eye became brighter.
The ground beneath everyone began to tremble.
Caroline looked at Max's back and said again, her voice filled with warning, "Do not fight it like a normal enemy. This thing belonged to the Witch who once ruled this world. If it still carries even a fragment of her cursed authority, then one mistake could be fatal."
Max did not look back.
A faint golden light began to gather around his body, and his Dimensional Sovereign Body spread its senses through the space before him, watching every distortion around the eye, every movement of its tendrils, and every hidden path where its attack might appear.
"Everyone stay behind me," Max said calmly.
The Abyssal Witch Eye's pupil finally opened wider.
The red beam was about to fire again.
Max's eyes became sharp.
"I will cut a path out."
