The warm floor reverberated as footsteps came towards her.
"Nhg…" Ye Rim tried to turn her body and see, but it was painful.
At that moment, she remembered the things her mother told about the events at Eun Ha's parents' ranch. And also what the Hunter Shin said.
"All magic is corrupted by nature. The seed of chaos that exists in the core of any magic requires it. From the weakest to the most powerful, there's some entropic law, a deep root that will subvert magic..."
"Sorry, Professor Shin. I don't know if I understand," she had said.
"Er… There's always a weakness hidden in each spell. A point that can be exploited. It has to do with the energy of the caster himself. In the Devourer's case... For several reasons, a human child has the power to stop him. He cannot kill this human because of another fairy's blessing. And this human is you, Ye Rim. But you can end his existence…"
"How?"
The Devourer was looking for her.
