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"Then I accept," she said. "Freely. Without conditions. Make me stronger, and I will make your enemies regret existing."
Kai huffed a laugh.
"Good," he said. "Then brace."
He stood, came around the table and put a hand on each of their shoulders.
"Do not fall off the chairs," he warned.
"Do not break my chairs," Luna shot back.
He reached inward and shoved.
[Ding!
Begin Subordinate Augmentation.
Targets:
Luna — 4★ → 7★.
Akayoroi — 4★ → 7★.
Total cost: 1800 unallocated stat-points.
Proceed?]
Yes.
Power flowed.
It was not a visible light or a dramatic wind. It was a brutal, invisible current that roared up from the deep well of his devoured essence and split into two rivers, driving straight into Luna and Akayoroi's cores.
Luna sucked in a hissed breath.
Her fingers dug into the stone arms of the chair, stone groaning faintly under the grip. Her aura flared, not out, but in, collapsing and condensing as if pulled through a too-narrow funnel.
