Disbelief crossed Grand Elder Golden Tyrant's face.
"You can't tell us how you evolved your bloodlines?"
Simon nodded.
Ancestral Elder Cinder Queen frowned. Beside her, Ancestral Elder Wild Hunt's expression hardened, but Simon continued calmly.
"I was fortunate enough to come across a method that could evolve my bloodline. That doesn't mean I'm willing to give it away."
"Bloodline?" Grand Elder Night Widow asked. "Not bloodlines?"
Simon looked toward her.
She had caught the distinction immediately.
"What Lord Enigma witnessed was the evolution of one bloodline. My other bloodline had already awakened before that."
It wasn't the whole truth.
His One-Tailed Byakko had become a Nine-Tailed Byakko under the Uruqath's pressure. That change had helped make the tribulation far more dangerous.
But the ritual itself had been prepared for his horned bloodline. His demonic cat ancestry had first awakened without it.
Enigma turned toward him.
One bloodline?
