Noah had retreated more than four kilometers from the battlefield. Yet even at that distance, he could still feel the shockwaves rolling through the forest.
BOOOOOOM!!!
The ground trembled beneath his feet. Noah turned around. His eyes widened.
The battle in the distance looked less like a fight and more like a natural disaster given form.
Akari streaked across the storm clouds like a miniature blue star, her entire body wrapped in lightning. Every movement left behind a brilliant trail of azure light.
Then the sky erupted.
BOOOOOOM!!!
Hundreds of lightning bolts descended simultaneously. They converged upon the abomination, turning the entire battlefield into a sea of blue-white destruction.
Trees were torn apart. The ground split. Fire spread wildly through the forest despite the relentless rain, fed by the continuous lightning strikes that ignited everything they touched.
Noah swallowed. But what truly frightened him wasn't Akari.
It was the creature.
"...It's growing."
