Chapter 1164 – Cursed Guard [Part 6]
Lux returned to the chief.
He stabbed his dagger into the corpse's chest wound and dragged the blade through the remaining blood.
Then he paused.
An idea appeared.
"Oh."
Runa immediately became suspicious.
"What?"
"The hand might not be the key."
"What do you mean?"
Lux crouched beside the chief. "The palm shape could be telling us how to apply the key."
Vaelor leaned closer. "Blood."
"Exactly."
Lux dipped the severed hand into the chief's blood.
Runa made a face.
Even Vaelor looked slightly uncomfortable.
Lux stared at both of them. "Really?"
Neither answered.
"You two watched me explode demons with bouncing balls, but this is where we establish boundaries?" He carried the blood-covered hand back toward the formation. "Hypocrites."
Lux pressed the palm against the diagram.
-SHHHHNNNG!
All three froze.
The formation lit.
Lux's smile widened. Crimson light spread outward from beneath the palm.
One line awakened.
