Chapter 31 – The Girl Oustide The Boss Room
The silence was thick.
Leon stood at the far end of the wide corridor, his eyes locked on the cloaked figure sitting at the entrance to the gate. The corridor behind him was quiet—no monsters, no traps, just the residual hum of mana in the walls. But up ahead, that presence… it was different.
He took a few slow steps forward, stopping about ten meters away from the figure.
The girl didn't move.
Neither did he.
For a long moment, the two simply stared at each other, wordless, unmoving. It wasn't quite tension—but there was caution in the air. Mutual assessment. The kind you do when you're not sure if the other person is going to greet you or stab you.
Leon tilted his head slightly.
She was wearing a black cloak. Hood up. Face hidden behind a silver half-mask etched with faint lines. Her posture looked calm, but…
Then he saw it.
Her right hand was pressed tightly to her side, and below it—blood.
