He suddenly moved, withdrawing 'the collective' from the immediate vicinity. This was his rank 16 out of 21 soul mass — or rather, 10 out of 15, since he'd burned off six soul masses during his attempt to kill Arros during the time crossing.
The collective was the same soul mass that had parasitized the 'Sea God' entity back when he was in that temple in the past. That same hungry, pervasive thing that thrived on the microscopic level.
Immediately after the collective was withdrawn, Sue could finally breathe, and she very quickly dashed towards Syf, who had now felled the abomination and was going to work on its very weakened body.
Particularly, Syf seemed intent on harvesting something right at the abomination's center. There was a throbbing dark light that became more apparent now that the creature had been felled and was weakening. It pulsed like a sick heart deep within the chest cavity of the giant.
