"Seele, what are you doing?" Black Seele held her scythe and looked at the person beside her.
Seele had somehow pulled out a device from who knew where.
"Brother Lin Nai gave this to me yesterday. He said it was a cheat device, so I'm trying it out."
Seele held up the ring-shaped device and pressed the button on its handle.
"Ready?"
She took out two more cards and placed them inside the ring.
"Bronya"
"Kiana"
Bronya:?
Kiana:?
The two of them looked at Seele in the distance in confusion. What the hell was happening?
"Ahem! Sister Bronya! Sister Kiana! Please... please lend me your power!"
Seele closed her eyes, raised the ring high in her hand, and pressed the button again.
Then she cautiously opened one eye.
The ring burst forth with dazzling light as immense energy gathered around Seele.
Feeling the energy emanating from Seele, Kiana and Bronya wore the exact expression of an elderly man staring at a phone on the subway.
No.
Seele was using two Authorities at once?
Why did it feel like their accounts had been hacked?
No, wait!
She had cheats!
This was a fucking cheat!
Why hadn't Lin Nai made one for them too?!
Sirin hovered in the air, studying the scene below with interest. It reminded her of when she had possessed four cores.
Oh.
Though there were only two cores down there.
Mei scratched her head. Wait, what about her?
Seele had called Kiana and Bronya. Why hadn't she called her?
Weren't they the three great Herrscher houses?!
She was furious, trembling, and freezing!
When would the Herrscher of Thunder finally rise up?!
Looking at the group around her, Black Seele looked down at the plain, unremarkable scythe in her hand, question marks appearing over her head.
She...
Was she