He raised his hands higher, and from his palms erupted streams of that same purple chaos energy. But this was a different chaos from the ones Jaegar used, not purified or concentrated to a degree that made it fundamentally a very dangerous power.
The streams split into six separate flows, each one seeking out one of the assembled members of the Bande de Serpents. The energy struck them simultaneously, and what followed was a transformation that defied natural law.
Their screams echoed across the battlefield, not sounds of pain but of fundamental change. Their bodies began to dissolve, breaking down into component particles of light and shadow.
For several seconds, they existed as nothing more than clouds of energy, held together only by Angus's will and the structural framework he was imposing on them.
Then they began to reform.
But not as individuals.
