Caine's gaze was locked on the horizon, his mind unreadable.
An interesting thing he'd discovered was that, after killing another chosen of fate, he'd receive their runes, which would stack atop his and have a multiplicative effect rather than an additive effect.
But beyond that, if the person Caine killed had also killed other Chosen of Fate, he'd gain the amount of runes they had, multiplied by the number of people they had defeated.
So, for example, if someone killed two people, they'd have fifteen runes—five of their own and five from each of the people they killed.
But the issue was that, when Caine killed them, not only would he get fifteen additional runes, but he'd get forty-five runes added, to make a total of fifty runes added to his own for a single kill.
And considering Caine had killed everyone except Autumn, the amount of strain and pressure he was under was hard to fathom by any.
