Chapter 111: Colossus - 4
"Ack!"
Leo clutched his head as a sharp, needle-fine sting lanced straight through his skull.
"Damn—" he hissed, rubbing his temples as the backlash throbbed like a hammer against bone. "It refused violently. Thankfully, it isn't higher level than me, or that could've been way worse."
The pain ebbed by degrees, but something else didn't fade—a simmering, alien fury pressing at the back of his mind.
"It… doesn't feel normal." His brows tightened. "Why does it feel angry?"
A beat later, another realization struck.
"Wait… why did it suddenly appear out of nowhere?"
His thoughts raced, chasing every detail he could recall. The more he pieced together, the more wrong everything felt—like threads of a puzzle being forced to fit.
There was only one conclusion.
"Someone… someone's trying to kill me?"
But even that theory snagged immediately.
