Lynn raised his head.
In an instant.
Beneath the earth more than a thousand meters away, the puppet in Tails under Lynn's control received its orders. It burst out of the ground at once, revealing itself amid the billowing white mist.
"I'll kill you!"
The Nightmare Demon's savage gaze instantly locked onto it, and he thrust out his withered hand.
An immense surge of Mental Power swept toward it like a shock wave.
But at that very instant, his pupils abruptly contracted.
His exceptional senses detected the problem within a thousandth of a second. That body had no soul!
It was a puppet!
But how was that possible?!
If it was a puppet, then how was it receiving commands?!
"You fell for it!"
Before he had any time to think, Lynn leaped out of the earth several hundred meters behind him, white mist swirling around his body. The Curse Eye in his right eye expanded in an instant, and the black threads crawling out of it tightened across his entire face, twisting it into a hideous visage.
"Death-Binding Curse!"
Bone-chilling shrieks like those of Evil Spirits rang out from the deepest recesses of his pupil.
As black blood flowed from his eye socket, his pupil abruptly contracted into a black dot, and his cursed gaze instantly focused on the Nightmare Demon's body.
[Ding! Rolling Fate's Dice... Current roll: 3. Nothing happens.]
Clatter-
The Death-Binding Curse took hold of the Nightmare Demon in an instant. Chains rattled as they bound his body in place, drawing shrill screams from him.
Lynn landed lightly.
But before he could do anything further, a hoarse voice rumbled from every direction.
"I knew you'd try something, Lynn. But you're still one move behind. If you can use a puppet to lure me out, how