Adam caught only a fleeting glimpse of it.
A vast, swirling mass of tentacles and tendrils filled the center of the cavern, constantly folding into and out of itself.
Countless eyes were embedded along the writhing flesh, some large, some small, opening and closing without rhythm, all of them aware. These eyes had white sclera, black irises, and bottomless dark pupils.
At the center of the mass stood a glowing, arched gateway, unnaturally firm amid the chaos. Within that gate were more gates layered inside one another, receding endlessly, leading to somewhere impossibly distant.
Space bent around it, and distance lost meaning.
And in that instant, Adam understood a simple truth…
This thing was not meant to exist within this world!
Had he witnessed the abomination with his eyes, he would have surely been corrupted and driven to insanity. Just like Aldo Wagner had been.
