I met his gaze without flinching. "And if you decide to go all out and fight me here, I won't stop you. But understand this first, you will lose everything."
I didn't raise my voice. The meaning behind my words was clear enough. A full clash between us in this place would turn the entire second layer into rubble. Thousands of demons were on this layer. None of them would survive.
That was finally enough to make his rising aura hesitate.
Saleos looked at me properly for the first time. His sharp eyes moved from my face to my posture, then down to my hands. Then they shifted to Knight and Lyrate, both hidden beneath their cloaks, their presence controlled but unmistakably dangerous.
His aura didn't vanish, but it stopped climbing.
"Where is Dravon?" he asked again, his tone colder now.
I tilted my head slightly. "Why would I know where Dravon is? Or who he is, for that matter?"
That earned me a reaction. A faint tightening around his eyes. A small shift in his stance.
