Chapter 48: The Null Hounds

Chapter 48: The Null Hounds

Kanos stood perfectly still in the center of the vast concrete room. He held the iron bowl filled with the heavy, bruised violet ink in his left hand. His right hand tightly gripped his wooden brush. The air around him felt incredibly heavy. The new ink mixture did not just look dense; it literally drained the ambient moisture and static energy from the air within a two meter radius.

He closed his eyes and synchronized his breathing. His mind projected the blueprint he had just drawn on the table onto the empty space in front of him. A hollow, hyper agile bone frame. Dual hinged jaws. Razor sharp claws optimized for tearing through armor. Kanos opened his eyes. They were cold and completely devoid of hesitation.

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