There was a shimmering pillar of light that cast a thick shadow on the small hill... no, it wasn't a hill—Raven squinted her eyes as she tried to discern what it was.
As she stepped closer, she could see clearly; it wasn't a hill, but a single monster, the same centipedal creatures she had been encountering, but this one was imposingly massive.
Even though its body was folded into a heap, it was still colossal and enormous, which meant it would have been far more formidable and powerful when alive.
She craned her neck and narrowed her eyes...
There was a human sitting atop the corpse of the monster, his rough and mangled white hair fluttering gently in the wind, face marred with violet blood, and azure eyes shone down with a predatory intensity.
Almost sending shivers into her bones.
The human jumped down effortlessly, causing heavy distress in the waters.
