William didn't look back. He gripped his weapon, his aura beginning to flare with a terrifying light that pushed back the shadows of the portal. "They wanted to shift the war to my home," he said, his voice cold and final. "It's only fair I take the war to theirs."
"First of all, the other side isn't nearly as terrifying as you imagine," William said, a jagged, predatory grin splitting his face. The dark-golden light of his aura flickered, casting long, dancing shadows against the pulsating purple of the rift. "The masterminds behind this are efficient.
They use auxiliary worlds as breeding grounds for the Scarlet Bears before funnelling them into the realms they intend to dismantle. Out there, we aren't going to find a hellscape; we'll find dozens of realm-scale portals. But for the two of us, that shouldn't be much of an issue, right?"
