The monster was humanoid, but several times taller than an ordinary person and much more muscular. Its skin was black, and its back was covered in hair. Its lips stretched all the way to its ears and jutted out like a duck's bill.
Qi Ning's pets circled the monster, yowling anxiously. They were far too small compared to it, and it might not even be able to hear them.
The monster's breathing alone drowned out their cries. Every breath sent dust flying, pelting the half-ruined building opposite and creating a circulating wind that swept through the entire city.
I glanced at the enormous chain I was holding. One end disappeared into the distant void, with no end in sight. The other was attached to the monster.
That end of the chain wasn't fastened to the monster. It extended from several loops of chain wrapped around its body.
I counted again and again.
That's right. There were nine loops of chain around the monster.
That was the mark of an ordinary person...
At least in the real world, an ordinary person had nine loops of chain, while an ability user had ten.
I couldn't help looking at my own body again.
Ten loops, no more and no less. Plus the one fastened to this chain...
No!
I suddenly realized what was wrong.
I'd been overlooking this problem all along.
I'd always thought these chains were shackles placed on everyone by Heaven to control their fates. But the ends of the chains on ordinary people, who had nine loops, extended into the void and vanished. Ability users, who had ten loops, had an extra chain fastened to one of their loops.
Those were two completely different things.
Looking at the monster lying on the ground, I saw spots of blood where the