Noah frowned.
Udit blinked.
Then suddenly laughed.
A genuine laugh.
Not mocking.
Not forced.
A real laugh.
Which somehow made it worse.
"Hahaha..."
"Oh."
"Oh that's good."
Andre immediately hated that response.
"What's so funny?"
Udit wiped a tear from his eye.
Then shook his head.
"Nothing."
He looked oddly relieved.
Then muttered:
"So they didn't know."
Kai caught that.
"What?"
Udit ignored him.
Instead reaching into his coat.
And pulling something out.
The entire room froze.
A demon core.
Large.
Blue.
Cracked.
Yet somehow repaired.
Golden lines ran across the fractures.
Holding the core together.
The giant demon's core.
The one from Yggdrasil.
The warehouse became silent.
Even Noah stopped breathing.
Udit casually tossed the core into one hand.
Like it wasn't capable of leveling buildings.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
Nobody answered.
Because they were too busy realizing what was about to happen.
Udit looked toward the GFR.
Then toward Kai.
Then Andre.
"If you survive..."
He paused.
Smiling.
"...which you won't."
Then turned around.
Andre immediately shouted.