The moment Ethan laid eyes on the creature, everything else faded into the background.
With Liora's carefully constructed platforms carrying them across the vast emptiness, they had finally reached the lone floating island. The journey itself had been surreal, stepping across solidified light over an endless abyss, but whatever unease that had stirred was nothing compared to what awaited them here.
Kaela.
And beneath her, a frightening A Rank Beast.
Ethan's eyes narrowed slightly as he took in the scene.
'So she really was behind that explosion…'
The scale of destruction they had witnessed earlier suddenly made sense. An entire section of the gate had been obliterated, islands reduced to drifting rubble, and now the source of it all lay right before them.
Kaela, the Riot Valkyrie, was sprawled across the massive body of the dragonfly-like beast.
Even in its current state, it radiated power.
There was no mistaking it.
This thing had been an apex predator within the gate.
