Deep inside the Aether-Forge, Lucifer lowered his Gauntlet of the Void King.
The dark singularity that had consumed High Warlock Xoroth vanished into the air. The Warlord stood perfectly still with his void-swirling eyes locked onto the empty space where the mage had just been standing.
Something was wrong.
Lucifer opened his system interface. The Warlord expected to see the standard kill confirmation for a Level 50 Epic enemy. He expected the Carnage Core to pulse with a heavy influx of death magic.
Instead, a jagged yellow warning box flickered across his vision!
[System Alert: Anomaly Detected.]
[Target Consumed: Abyssal Simulacrum (Decoy Entity).]
[Experience Yield: 0.]
[True Entity Location: Unknown.]
Lucifer's expression hardened into a mask of pure cold iron.
"It was a fake," Lucifer stated smoothly with his voice carrying a dangerous low rumble.
Elara spun around. Her violet-flaming spear hummed. The Eclipse Valkyrie stared at the empty floor.
