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"Uh oh," she whispered.
Sekhmet exhaled slowly, as if mildly annoyed by the inconvenience.
He did not reach for his Blood Sword.
He did not speak to Auri. Auri was in the void land, and Bat Bat could not know about the system voice anyway.
He only let his eyes drift over the men and count.
One.
Two.
Five.
Ten.
More.
It kept going.
By the time Sekhmet finished his count, his mind had already made the conclusion.
Fifty.
The underground market's noise continued around them, but the space in this lane became strange. People nearby stopped pretending. They backed away slowly. Not because they cared, but because they did not want to be splashed by trouble.
Everyone in the underground respected one thing more than morality.
They respected the consequences.
A man stepped forward from the front group. He was not the true leader. Sekhmet could tell immediately. The man had the confidence of someone protected by bigger teeth.
