“Oroz.”
“Hey.”
The more I called, the more she curled up and edged into the corner. It wasn’t only because of psychological shock. The residue of that curse I could feel was vicious—so thick it hid the very presence of the person called Oroz.
“How badly did you poke it, you idiot.”
“Is it really serious?”
“Serious enough that if we’d left you alone, you would’ve died today or tomorrow?”
“……W–what?!”
The tone was flat, but the content was anything but. Ignoring Yoon Iseo, who stared, aghast, Jioh bent his knees.
“……Kk—, kk-euuk.”
He looked at groaning Oroz and then—snap!—flicked his two fingers with a crack.
[Karmic Skill, Rank-5 Upper Spell – ‘Cadenza of Stars〈Cadenza of Stars〉’]
Flaaash!
Starlight that began where his fingers struck flared outward around them.
It was nothing like the quick, makeshift version he’d tried as a test last time inside the Babel Tower, in…