Chapter 71: ...Goodbye... My worthy Leo
Leo, Valra, and Ophis stood together, backs nearly brushing, each breath held with tension. They were surrounded... Envy guarded the front with watchful eyes, while Pride stood tall behind them, reassuring like a towering wall.
Their knuckles turned pale as they gripped their weapons tightly, not daring to blink.
A few meters ahead, Nergal stood, calm and eerily still, watching with a cruel smirk dancing on his lips.
Envy’s eyes darted around restlessly, his pupils flicking left and right as if he were tracking something invisible—something moving faster than the eye could follow, its motion disturbing even the strands of hair in the air.
"We’re surrounded."
Pride muttered under her breath, barely moving her lips.
A sudden whistle—then a spiked flail came hurtling toward them. Pride’s wooden sword flashed up just in time, intercepting it with a jarring clang. The impact sent her boots screeching back across the ground, the force reverberating through her arms.
Meanwhile, Envy was shooting arrow after arrow into the empty air. To the others, he appeared to be shooting at nothing, but Envy wasn’t guessing. His gaze followed something—something too fast, too high, too unpredictable. Still, he aimed, breathing steadily, fingers quick. He was tracking it... hunting it.
Until—
"Camazotz...?"
Ophis’s voice cracked, a whisper filled with disbelief and fear.