"What’s with this guy?"

I glanced at the pale arm draped over my shoulder. It was unnaturally cold for human skin.

The figure was small, barely tall enough to rest an arm over my shoulder. It seemed awkwardly placed, as if forced.

He was at least half a head shorter than me.

I stared at him silently.

His eyes were a light green, matching the soft hue of his hair.

The color reminded me of Tang So-yeol’s, but it was even paler.

Despite his otherworldly aura, this place was long past the point where such oddities mattered.

Still—

"This is ridiculous."

Even considering everything, I couldn’t help but find him unsettling.

"What’s he hiding?"

At first glance, he appeared weak, but my instincts told me otherwise.

Looking at him made my chest tighten, my heart pounding wildly.

My spiritual sight opened involuntarily, and the ring of my spell spun furiously, drawing threads of energy toward my eyes.

A new world unfolded before me.

It was as if a new sense had been grafted onto my perception.@@novelbin@@

Beyond my expanded vision, the threads of my spell etched lines into the air.

They blended with my spiritual sight.

Things that shouldn’t have been visible came into view.

I saw his soul.

What I saw defied logic—his small body contained something monstrous.

His presence was massive, almost absurdly so.

The oppressive energy made my instincts scream in alarm.

"This…"

It felt familiar.

I rummaged through my memories, and then it hit me.

"That ox they called the chief."

That hulking black ox.

The feeling I got when I saw him—it was the same.

Which meant—

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