Chapter 989 – Open The Path
"You enter my kin's grave," she said, voice still quiet but now threaded with terrible pressure. "You bring demons, a dragon, hunger, pride, sloth, and a devil who smelled like bad decisions with abs and pheromones. You disturb the spring. You break the guardian. You come before me and call my will stolen."
Lux deadpanned.
There were many things he expected to be called in his life. Demon. Greed's heir. Walking calculator.
But this one was disturbingly specific.
Sira's lips twitched hard. She almost laughed, shoulders trembling once before she strangled the sound in her throat.
"I like her," Sira whispered.
Lullaby nodded innocently from beside her, eyes half-lidded. "I agree with her."
Yue didn't even look at them. "Focus."
Lux looked at the tree.
At the body trapped inside it.
At the barrier that called itself preservation.
Then back at the first elf.
"Yes."
The shrine roared.
Roots burst from the floor.
Vines snapped toward them.
