Leon felt both hearts beating simultaneously for the first time.
Not in rhythm. Not in harmony.
In a challenge.
His body shivered involuntarily—an automatic, biological response to something it had no framework for experiencing. Two distinct rhythms occupying the same chest cavity, each pressing outward with its own tempo and character, each absolutely certain of its own authority.
Then they stopped waiting.
From his Divinordial heart, holy energy burst forward through his body like a pressurized cannon discharging—a thick golden beam of concentrated divine force traveling through his internal pathways faster than thought.
From the Primordial Void Heart, mana responded in kind—darker than any mana Leon had felt before, a deep shade of blue that bordered on purple, vastly more refined and dense than what he'd been able to generate previously, moving with equal speed and absolute conviction.
They collided directly between the two hearts.
