"Limitless. Do you forget our terms?" Finn's question sliced through the blinding radiance.
Immediately, the suffocating gaze of the Great Dao intensified, pressing down on Sage Limitless with the weight of a collapsing firmament. The upward trajectory of his ascension abruptly ceased. Just as he was about to step into the greater form he was meant to transcend into, the assimilation process was forcefully cut short.
At first, the sheer sensory overload of the transition kept the Sage from registering Finn's words. But the moment the cosmic weight dragged him down from the peak he was heading towards, his hearing came back and he processed Finn's words.
Coupled with the utter sense of loss, an intense bout of trepidation gripped him immediately. Somehow, he already knew that the Errant was about to pull something out of his sleeves. A variable hidden in those clauses, something he had completely overlooked during his analysis.
