Chapter 499 – Greed VS Greed [Part 2]
Lux walked forward this time. No teleport. Just steps. Measured. Each one echoing.
Zavros straightened. "So what are you trying to figure out?"
Lux didn't answer.
The tendrils rose again. Dozens this time. A full field.
Zavros blinked. "Lux—seriously—"
"I saw something," Lux said quietly. "Something that I want to understand."
Zavros flinched. "...The circlet?"
"No."
Lux raised a hand. Tendrils shot toward Zavros again—this time lined with crimson runes. Terror-infused.
Zavros roared, his wings flaring wide. Not physical wings, but the kind made of infernal heritage and unspent wrath. He slammed the ground with Ledgerfang.
"Chain Nova," he hissed.
An explosion of light blew the shadows back. The tendrils recoiled. The orbs paused.
And for a second, it was just silence again.
Then Zavros, breathing hard, voice low. "You're scared."
Lux didn't move. "I'm analyzing."
"Bullshit," Zavros said. "You're scared."
Lux clenched his jaw.
