“The longer you stay away from earth’s atmosphere, the weaker the connection of the ability cores become. Mine has already started weakening. And in seven days, the connection will be completely gone.”
“And guess what happens when that happens?”
“You lose your abilities?” Lucifer stared at Xaen.
“No. Your ability cores become a ticking time bombs them. They start exploding inside your body, killing you in the most brutal way possible. And guess what? Same time will happen to you if you stay away from earth for seven days or longer.”
“Your body will become a nuclear bomb, destroying everything around you, including yourself. So if you want to know the location of the stones, you must take me back to earth every seven days. Not only that, but you must also go there every seven days.”
“You’re bluffing. How can you know all this?” Lucifer asked, not taking all this information at face value.
Xaen had tried fooling everyone before as well. He was good at coming up with these stories to make someone do his bidding, just like he made one to convince everyone to allow him to remove his abilities.
It was only because of Veracity that Lucifer was still safe as she caught the lie. Without the presence of Veracity, he couldn’t trust this man. But if what he said was true, then this was truly a risky thing to be away from home.
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