Noah replayed his actions from earlier, withdrawing energy from the core that quickly absorbed into his chest, swirling and manipulating its gasses to soon form the Ant Queen that he had just defeated. But unlike the creature from before, this version of the Queen exhibited a heightened awareness, almost as if she were truly alive.
Her head swiveled with fearful curiosity, her eyes filled with rising confusion as she tried to make sense of her surroundings. She quickly analyzed her current form, her confusion deepening as she realized her body was in a strange, unfamiliar state. Her head snapped toward what she presumed to be the outside world as she unfolded her spiritual wings, attempting to brute-force her way out. Yet, no matter how hard she tried, she met only an invisible barrier.
Noah remained nonchalant to the Queen's efforts. When it came to the "souls" captured within the nexus, he was comparable to a god.
