[System] Warning. Continuing excessively strenuous combat activities under the current circumstances will increase aftereffects on your body. Rest is strongly recommended.
[System] Warning! Rest is strongly recommended!
All that was just noise to me.
Give me something more useful, System.
Perversely, I poured even more aura into my attacks, as if burning my own life away.
[“The Scales that Judge Souls” lets out a heavy sigh.]
[“Manager of Creative Economy” laments in dismay.]
[“Overseer of Forbidden Secrets” presses a hand to their forehead.]
Reed’s voice kept trying to sway me.
“Think of your Divine Fever, Ailette Rodeline. Don’t push yourself too hard.”
Right as those seemingly caring words cut through the roar of battle, his slash aimed for my neck.
Such hypocrisy meant nothing to me.
I parried his demon sword with my scythe blade, extending the scythe’s vertical shaft like a tail to swing it at him.
“Don’t act so composed, Reed.”
Reed, deflecting my counterattack, laughed.
“Caught me?”
For a moment, it seemed like an honest admission. Then—
“How could I be…