Despair began to creep in.
Even as the bright light of Aether burned brightly, eliminating every ounce of darkness in the vast expanse, the escape of a single blot caused what should have been a sound of triumph to turn into gasps of despair.
Kuzon and Edward looked above them, their eyes widening in shock as they watched Legris Damien slowly, but inevitably recover his past strength.
There was one…and then three…
The number was bound to keep on increasing, and neither Kuzon nor Edward could stop it—not after reaching this threshold.
Using their combined domains wouldn't work this time since they had lost the element of surprise.
Doing so would only give Legris more Aether to devour.
And what of swiftly jumping in themselves? Killing the limited amount of Legrises before he could grow even more in number?
Two things prevented them from taking this route.
