Mike & Kris vs The Rat King II
The ash didn't exactly clear, the creature just got close enough for them to see it properly, and what they saw was... unnerving, to say the least.
At this point, the thing barely resembled the Rat King from before... not that it had in the recent stages of the fight.
Its fur, which looked like black stone, had entirely burned away, replaced by a sleek, dark hide that kept the cracks that resembled veins of magma, or perhaps magma-filled fissures on a volatile planet.
Its body was both leaner and longer now, with what looked like lava mist leaving its mouth with each breath.
A ring of molten lava hovered above its back like a halo of liquid fire. However, what caught Mike and Kris's attention, the thing, stood out the most, were its claws.
