The asteroid field stretched across the void.
Owen stood at the ship's observation window, watching rocks the size of mountains drift past. Some were close enough to see their surfaces, Others were distant specks, barely visible against the starfield. The silence was absolute. No wind. No sound. Just the hum of the ship's engines.
Gorvax guided the vessel deeper into the field as The hull scraped against small debris, but the ship held. Sparks flew past the viewport.
"The beast's signature is near..." Gorvax said looking at his monitor. "...Three kilometers ahead. Inside a hollowed asteroid."
Owen was already, his CE core pulsed at 258. Not enough. But he had the gauntlets. He had the temporary mana conversion if needed. He had RCT-trained control. Three weeks of meditation, of learning to fold his energy inward, of feeling the cosmic current beneath everything.
"Does ...it have any weakness?"
