Chapter 146: The Girl in Chains
The ruins stretched out like a corpse beneath the morning light, bones of a long-dead city scattered across the jagged earth.
Nero moved through the wreckage with silent precision, his Raven Eyes cutting through the haze of magic that hung in the air like smoke.
His ever-present Shikigami eagles circled above, feeding him fragmented glimpses of the shattered landscape.
He was heading toward the Hollow Tree.
Toward the cursed clan.
But something caught his attention long before he reached his destination.
A voice.
"Walk faster, freak. Or we’ll break your legs and drag you the rest of the way."
Nero froze, slipping behind a crumbled wall.
He lowered his body, heart steady, and peered through a jagged crack in the stone.
Two figures moved through the ruins, dressed in tattered black armor.