Sylas didn't mean that it was literally Azrael, though he wouldn't be surprised if it was. Considering Alex had "come back from the dead," it would be hard to surprise Sylas with such a thing anymore, especially considering Azrael, if Sylas was correct, was a member of an alien
race.
'Another one, huh?'
Sylas couldn't see this person's stats, but he wasn't nearly as shaken as he had been in the past. He had an odd confidence about himself right now that was born through the battles that he had been through. Before, it had only been a small ember, but the more he fought, the fiercer it burned.
Running in this environment was almost impossible, so why not take advantage of the distance to recover?
<Maddened Enlightenment> activated and Aether rushed toward him. He then calmly took out several pieces of meat, eating them as though an enemy wasn't on the way. The power of his Constitution shone through and fatigue fell off of him in waves.
The dolphins realized that there was something wrong and immediately chose to escape, turning tail without looking back.
At that moment, the Den finally finished absorbing the final dolphin and Sylas calmly put it away without checking the rest of the notifications.
By this point, he could finally see the man clearly.
[Licirius Guiz (???)]
[Level: 15]
[Physical: 321]
[Mental: 391]
[Will: 387]
...
Licirius had been trying to find the Den for hours already. For some reason, its aura would leak out for a short time before it blinked out. He hadn't been able to lock onto it for long enough to find it, so he had had no choice but to try to triangulate it, moving in the general direction of the aura and hoping that he'd eventually run into it.
It was only when he saw Sylas in the distance that he understood why this was. But once again, he was shocked.
What Sylas didn't know was that no normal storage device would be capable of storing a Den. There were many powerful, high-grade items that would destroy a spatial device with even an attempt, and a Den, especially one of this caliber, certainly would.
Of course, Licirius was making this deduction based on the treasures the humans at this point in the Summoning should have access to. This was why he hadn't even considered the fact that the reason the aura kept disappearing was a spatial device.
When he saw that this human was also looking at him with a calm expression, his apprehension increased.
To not only have such a powerful storage device but to not run upon seeing his stats... it seemed that he had run into a tough opponent.
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