Nox's thoughts froze for an instant.
The same pressure. The same twisted aura. The same darkness that devoured everything in the Scourge Realm.
He could feel it pulsing from Kaelen like a living thing.
Kaelen's body shimmered, half-gold, half-black. The darkness spread along his spear, corrupting its glow. His eyes turned faintly crimson, the pupils vertical like a dragon's.
"Impossible," Nox muttered. "That's the same corruption… how can a sea being possess it?"
Kaelen laughed quietly, a deep, unsettling sound that rolled through the water. "So you recognize it. Then it's true—you're the one she spoke of."
"She?" Nox's tone sharpened. "Who?"
Kaelen pointed the spear at him. "You don't need to know about her." He smirked.
However, Nox was already moving at the speed of light. It was easy for him to piece two and two together, realizing who Kaelen was referring to.
His expression darkened as his mouth slowly parted. "The Scourge Queen… so she sent you," he said quietly.
