I expected something from the start.
How could a nobleman who had lived half his life in bed, plagued by sickness, suddenly amass a body comparable to Frillite?
My thought was that he had signed off a contract with a demon or something.
Only he hadn't.
Usually, when you make a contract with a demon, there would be a trace left behind. Like the thread of a marionette, a line connecting the contractor and the demon.
Osner had no such line.
So I had to think in a different direction. How did he magically become stronger? Did he consume any godly herb? Seeing as how he later turns out to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings, surely the hand of demons was involved?
And my doubts resolved themselves as I fought with Osner.
The evil energy commonly referred to as demonic energy was weak, but it was felt from the side of his heart.
[Breaker]-!
A skill I had learned from the heroes of the past.
I sourced weak mana to the palm of my hand.
