[System Notification: Transformation: Ancient Demigod skill duration remaining: 1 second.]
Whoosh...
As the system notification faded, Ethan's colossal form rapidly shrank.
"Ah—!" Ethan cried out in agony.
'Damn it... If you're going to shrink, shrink downwards. Why are you shrinking upwards!?'
He plummeted from a height of over six hundred meters.
Thud!
A deafening crash echoed through the air as a massive, human-shaped crater split open the earth.
Spitting out dirt and debris, Ethan groaned and pushed himself up. But before he could get steady, a steel-armored foot landed right in front of his face.
A second later, a circle of gleaming blades pressed against his throat.
His whole body ached, and he couldn't muster a single ounce of strength.
"It's you..."
"It's you?"
Two voices spoke in sync—Ethan's and Julian's.
Julian grinned. "Looks like it really is you."
He extended a hand. "Hand it over."
"Hand over what?" Ethan blinked, dazed.
