The other Gustav began flickering as cracks appeared along his form.
Fractures of light split across his chest as he turned his dissolving head toward the direction he had sent Endric which was directly with Sersi and Ria.
And in the next instant, he snapped his fingers.
POP.
Endric vanished again but this time along with Ria and Sersi.
They were safe.
As safe as Gustav could make them.
Gustav's avatar collapsed to one knee.
The Overseer appeared behind him with a slight look of shock that Gustav had escaped his grasp for even a second.
Gustav didn't look at him. Neither did he utter a word to him as his body was dissolving rapidly.
Light flaked off him like burning petals.
"Live… little brother," Gustav murmured.
In the next instant, his avatar dissolved entirely.
The cosmos fell into a deep silence so absolute it was as if the universe itself had paused out of horror.
