[Location: Dungeon—Vampire King's Castle]
"Interesting."
His gaze held amusement rather than hostility, and that alone made the air heavier.
It was not the amusement of a predator playing with wounded prey.
It was the quiet curiosity of a scholar noticing an anomaly in a world that should not allow anomalies.
Alexios tilted his head slightly, silver hair shifting against the immaculate collar of his butler attire. The tip of his spear did not lower, yet his stance no longer carried the immediate readiness of execution. Instead, it spoke of evaluation.
"Interesting," he repeated softly, eyes following the slow, impossible coalescence of shadow behind him. "So, is it endless? What price do you pay? Mana? Hmm... strange, you don't even have a drop of mana?"
[MP: 0/4310]
No shit.
My gaze flickered for a fraction of a second before settling back to neutral, but inside, irritation coiled tight.
Zero mana. Still zero. Still nothing.
Even after everything.
