Raven's blast of searing light collided with the monster, giving birth to a vicious explosion that swallowed the world whole. Everyone went blind as white light consumed everything.
It lasted barely a second before the world returned to normal—and the monster was still moving.
Eli stared with widening eyes as the creature continued its relentless march forward after taking a hit from a ray of light powerful enough to disintegrate an entire settlement.
He wasn't surprised. The creature seemed capable of destroying a nation by simply walking. And in fact, that was all it was doing.
It was simply walking. The ridges of its head appeared to be bending the very sky and causing essence to pour out.
It took Eli a moment to figure it out, but that was what was happening. At first, the ridges looked like they were producing the potent energy, but apparently they weren't—the creature was tearing the sky as it moved.
