[Bonus chapter thanks to Chronotitan <3]
Sylas' Scorpion Warlord Armor was sliced to ribbons, the lashes cutting into his flesh and blood, down to even his bone.
However, his expression hardly changed in the slightest. The Skill was powerful, but it was clear at a glance to him that Zolte had only learned it very recently.
It was likely only there for the purpose of mimicking the Bat Lineage, which likely had a similar Skill. It seemed that the Bat Lineage didn't want to shed all pretenses of cordiality. If they made it too obvious that Zolte wasn't even one of their own, then they would be far too heavy-handed.
Unfortunately for Zolte, that was also limiting him in the Skills he could use. The reason he had brought out his Comprehension so early on was precisely because of that.
He couldn't rely on the smaller and more manageable abilities he would usually use, so he had to jump the gun a bit.
That was only yet another reason they were far too foolish.
