"Unbelievable," Leon Viserion breathed. His eyes were fixed on the great projection that showed the Heart in real time. "Sword Resonance, at low Integration-rank. Your cousin is a monster, Lilith."
Lilith Windward's verdant eyes narrowed as she watched Lucifer move, the singing sword leaving trails of pearl-coloured light behind every stroke. "Yes," she said, twisting a strand of platinum hair round one finger. "He is. I didn't expect it either."
"Well," said Jaehyun Namgung, "the boy they've been calling the Second Hero since before he could walk was always going to be special." He leaned forward with his elbows on his knees as Jack's violet-black fire turned aside another of Lucifer's strikes. There was admiration in his voice, and something warier underneath it. "Prophecies are inconvenient that way. Every so often they turn out to be right."
