Author's Note: Unedited Chapter
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Ria quickly rose as well; "Rival! Is that really you?!" His eyes were widened in disbelief while Gustav stood between them and the monstrous entity.
Wilendor grunted while getting to his knees in disbelief. "I was starting to think we were done for. Thank you, great Outworldly."
Gustav didn't look back at them. His eyes remained locked on the creature, his hand still raised as reddish pink strands of cosmic energy crackled around him. "You're not done for yet," he said quietly. "But this thing is."
With another gesture, Gustav unleashed a torrent of energy, this time even more powerful than before. The creature let out a distorted howl as the energy tore through it, ripping its body apart at the molecular level.
