CHAPTER 154 - The Penalties.

Smoke sizzled off Raven's scaled shoulders as he stood atop the mound of demon corpses. 

The glowing rivers of magma running through his obsidian-black body pulsated with chaotic energy. His claws flexed slightly, twitching.

The demons were coming, and Raven was thinking about how he should kill them this time.

But then—

His breath hitched.

"Ghh!"

He groaned in pain.

Omni, who had been marveling at the scene, finally broke out of his thoughts when he saw Raven wince.

"Is it the pain?" He asked quickly. "That slight discomfort the system warned about—it's hittin' now, ain't it?"

"Yeah," Raven nodded. "But it wasn't that bad."

"See?" Omni chirped with a smug little pulse. "Told ya you were stressin' for nothin', man."

Raven paused at those words, his voice coming out low. "...Did you just jinx—"