The moment Ace stepped past the entrance of the Black Hermit Mines, the air changed.
The faint sounds from the outside and the clamor of guards were swallowed in silence, replaced by a deep, resonant hum that seemed to vibrate through the bones.
The walls of the mine glistened with black crystal veins, each pulsing faintly with abyssal light, like the steady throb of some colossal heart buried within its depths.
Ace's eyes shimmered faintly as he could feel a peculiar Qi in the air that wasn't just Abyssal Qi; there was something additional mixed in it, and it gave a sense of malice.
'This law seemed quite familiar…is it the law of sin…?' Ace guessed as he felt the law of sin, which includes seven different laws, out in the open before, 'Why would this type of powerful law have its traces here? If not for the Law of Evil Occult, I would've never been able to sense it…'
