Edward lightly waved his right hand, and the silver vines coiled around Orion disintegrated into ash.
This feat demonstrated Edward's command of magic—an expertise that could only be described as unparalleled.
With the vines gone, Orion's body collapsed.
Edward reached out and caught Orion.
"I need to get bigger if I'm going to carry a Giant that size!"
Leonidas heard this and immediately enlarged his own body.
Edward placed Orion on Leonidas's back and carefully examined Orion's condition.
"It's a curse."
"Under normal circumstances, Hulk wouldn't have been felled by this kind of curse."
"But it must have been infused with divine power at the moment Hulk was critically injured, which intensified its effect."
"Hulk is now trapped in his own sea of consciousness. If we'd arrived any later, he'd be lost forever."
"At that point, all we'd see is a puppet—and that might very well spell disaster for the Valkorath Realm."
