But something surprising happened. The giant blob of darkness contracted and swelled suddenly before shrinking into a human-sized blob. Then it transformed into a human figure.
Orion's eyes widened as the massive blob of darkness swiftly morphed into a human-sized figure. The transformation was almost fluid, as the amorphous mass shrank and solidified into the form of Patrick.
But this wasn't the same Patrick who had entered the fight; this version radiated a menacing aura. His entire body was cloaked in swirling shadows, and his presence seemed to warp the very air around him.
The shock was brief, as Orion's wind-infused slash was already slicing through the air toward the newly transformed Patrick. The razor-sharp crescent of wind, powerful enough to cleave a man in two, hurtled directly at him.
