The moment that Nessa interrupted my fight in the arena, all of the demons spectating fell utterly silent, including Trachios, the cyclops.
"Ge-General Nexa?" Trachios stammered with his one eye widened in shock.
Nessa shot a glance at the cyclops and didn't say anything before focusing back on Anaris, the archdemon governing over the fifth floor.
My plan at first was to take care of the archdemon by myself, but seeing that Nessa was genuinely furious at him made me feel like I was getting in the middle of an old dispute, so I decided to leave it to her and only intervene if it was necessary.
I could sense Nessa extruding an eerily vast amount of demonic energy, but I could also sense how she tried her best not to fully transform into a demon, maintaining her hybrid form.
Suddenly, Anaris started laughing and said that he had heard the rumors about Nessa betraying their king, and the fact that she was accompanying me was proof of that.
