"ROAR!"
A deafening scream ripped through the air, loud enough to drown out an atomic explosion. The sheer force of it shattered every glass window within a couple-mile radius.
Ace barely managed to stay conscious as the shockwave hit him. His eardrums somehow survived, but the ringing in his head was so intense it felt like someone was driving nails into his skull.
Gritting his teeth, he forced himself forward, stepping past Delores. His balance wavered, his legs threatening to give out beneath him. But his vision remained clear—unfortunately.
Because what he saw made his stomach drop.
As he had expected, his mischief bullet had taken out multiple Curselings, including a couple of Sky-Tiers. But the moment their curse cores dropped, the surrounding Curselings went feral, tearing into each other in a frenzied battle over the fallen cores.
For a brief, fleeting second, Ace thought they might wipe themselves out before they could even reach the C.I.B. headquarters.
