Chapter 1154 – The Demon and The Sorcerer [Part 4]
Pieces of stone were still falling from the pillar Runa had demolished.
-Clack! -Clack!
A particularly large chunk hit the floor.
Lux looked around.
Bodies littered the passage. Black blood stained the ancient stone, while fading demonic cores released wisps of dark energy that were immediately absorbed by the fortress's oppressive atmosphere.
Runa stood among them, breathing harder than necessary.
Her fists were stained black.
More importantly, some of the anger had left her face.
Not all.
Lux doubted killing a few feral demons could erase what Kaelmor had done to her.
But the pressure had found somewhere to go.
She caught Lux watching her. "What?"
"Feeling better?"
"No." A pause. "A little."
"Thought so."
Lux flicked the blood from one dagger.
Runa walked back toward him, stepping over a corpse.
"You said kill them. So don't complain."
"I wasn't complaining."
She stared at him.
