Chapter 220 – Knock Knock
Instead, he kept moving.
Another turned the corner—slimmer, faster, blades in both hands and claws etched with poison.
Lux ducked the first slash, sidestepped the second, and rammed Devorare into his gut— Hard.
The blade didn't just pierce.
It ate.
The moment it touched blood, the weapon's etchings lit up gold, pulling something out of the screaming demon like a wire being yanked from a machine.
And then—
Lux realized it.
A tiny orb.
Faint. Glowing. Twisting like it had wings made of debt and regret.
It came out of the dead demon's body.
It floated toward him— and vanished into his chest.
No pain. No jolt.
Just… warmth.
A hit of power.
Of something old.
Something rich.
He blinked once.
[Residual Demonic Power: Absorbed.]
"...Huh," he murmured.
So that was new.
Didn't stop him.
