Double Marking

Sliding his left hand to the side a bit, Leon slapped his right hand onto Astaroth's back, too. He poured out more Aether into the new ruler's back, eliciting more screams of pain.

But this time, instead of coming just from Astaroth, they came from Phoenix too. The woman suddenly felt a surge of heat, transferring from Astaroth to herself, washing into her body like a burning tsunami.

Outside the game, where Alexander had just started stabilizing, his vitals spiked again. And to make matters worse, Kary's vitals spiked alongside them.

The doctors and nurses present were baffled by what was happening. When they went to check on her, she exhibited similar changes on her back to the young man.

They quickly reacted, throwing cooling blankets onto Kary's back, trying to bring her temperature down, while repeating the process on Alexander, again.

"What the hell is going on?!" one doctor exclaimed.