Back in the city underbelly, Rex’s Blood Veil Colosseum had become a temporary fortress. The arena owner had reinforced wards and called in favors from underground contacts. When Matt and Viviennie slipped in through the secret tunnels, Rex was waiting with a grim expression and a stack of fresh intelligence reports.
“You two are the hottest targets in three cities,” Rex growled, tossing a tablet showing bounty posters with their sketched faces — Matt’s crimson eyes and Viviennie’s silver hair prominently featured. “The Viscount is offering ten million in Qi crystals for your heads. The Harlan family doubled it for the boy who humiliated their precious prodigy. And now the national Sentry Division has dispatched a special unit.”
Matt’s new Shadow Sovereign Aura made the air around him fe
