With the guide dismissed, Arthur turned his full attention to the Cackle Queen's lifeless body. Her powerful form, though torn and bloodied from their earlier clash, still radiated a residual aura of strength. She had been a true apex predator, and now, even in death, she would serve a new purpose.
Arthur raised his hand and pressed it against the queen's still-warm flank. His voice, steady and resolute, echoed with authority as he activated his Primordial Summoner talent.
"Awaken."
A rumble passed through the earth as the summoning portal opened beneath her corpse.
A vortex of pure blackness erupted from the ground, an abyssal gate formed from his primordial summoning energy. The edges of the portal crackled with threads of violet lightning, searing the air with mana as it expanded to accommodate the queen's imposing size.
