章節 222: The Root of Evil (Part 4)

[Music Recommendation: "Somnus" by Yoko Shimomura (instrumental only - FFXV OST) - available in Youtube or Spotify] ~ Please listen to it in a loop while you read this part to experience the true atmosphere of this scene ~

Elliot and Rania didn't need to be geniuses in order to understand what Avarus just said. From the word itself—undead—it could only mean one thing. Their hearts ached in sadness and burned in anger at the same time. There was just no end to Avarus' evil deeds. What would it take him to stop?

Avarus continued to laugh, delighted to see the expression on Elliot's face.

"I managed to discover something really interesting, you see," he added. "When you combine the Exsorbeos to weapons, they make the weapons stronger. But then… if you were to combine an Exsorbeo to a Magi… the Magi becomes all the more powerful. Although, we had to be careful with the combination, and most of all, they have to be dead first, of course."