BOOOOM!!
The impact shook the sky, snapping three more glyph chains back into place across the Devourer's wings and jaw. It flailed violently, but its core dimmed. The double-eye charge flickered.
The knight didn't stop. He spun, dragging one sword upward along the creature's spine. The scar pulsed, then detonated in a shockwave that staggered the Devourer backward.
Ben followed up, appendages pinning the lower jaw down, dark aether pouring from his fingertips.
"We just need a few more seconds!"
Apophis hovered over the seal, both arms extended. The Empyrian crystal glowed like a newborn star, each pulse syncing with the circuitry across the ground.
Her eyes bled black, her wings cracked. The chains thickened. More burst from the void, empowered by the renewed foundation Apophis had ignited.
One chain wrapped around the Devourer's central eye. Another locked its spine to the broken sky.
The system screamed, through the body, through the glyphs, through the very code of space.
