Cain met Meylin's gaze. For a brief heartbeat, the two shared only silence, a silent pact forged through fire and blood. Then they nodded once—no words needed—and launched themselves into battle.
A burst of scarlet flames roared to life around Cain, engulfing both his body and the Sky Devourer in a mantle of annihilation. He lunged toward the fallen seraph, leaving Meylin free to focus her full might against the goddess of lightning.
The Scarlet Reaper's power had grown alongside Cain's cultivation. The flames did not simply burn; they consumed, devouring matter, spirit, and even echoes of energy, and sending all that power into Cain's body. They were an extension of his will, an evolving storm of destruction.
