...Did I just hear a cat?
As if reading my thoughts, Nemo snorted. 'You lot call it like that, but it's not a real cat. It should be a rare type of nightmare beast. Besides,' the wolf growled low in its throat, a sound like shifting tectonic plates, 'that creature... it is not of this world. It can walk through my domain as if its rules don't apply to it at all. Its master, the parasite, is currently outside, watching the battle, waiting for the exact moment I exhaust myself against the bloody human.'
Nemo looked at me, his violet eyes burning with urgency.
'And when that moment comes, he will use that cat to jump straight into my Heart.'
'I see.'
I nodded slowly as the full picture formed in my mind.
It was a classic pincer attack.
On the outside, the Blood Marquis was hammering the shell, forcing Nemo to expend massive amounts of energy on defense. On the inside, Bane was waiting to bypass the defenses entirely and strike the vital point.
