Five void creatures, unlike anything Alex and Trohan had ever encountered, floated around the hulmite with deliberate calmness.
They weren't cosmic-sized, nor were they formless entities. Instead, they were humanoid, standing at an imposing three meters tall.
Their lean frames had slightly elongated limbs, and their fingers were unnaturally long, gleaming with dark and ominous intent — just like the hulmite.
Their bodies were inky black, slick with an almost liquid sheen that would have gleamed under a light source if one had been present. The surface pulsed with an eerie glow, shifting like liquid shadows.
It was an unsettling sight.
But what disturbed the hulmite the most was their utter lack of facial features. No piercing eyes, no nostrils, no mouths — nothing.
