The overseer had one final trick in mind.
A taboo that only the Outworldly was allowed to touch.
Gustav sensed it instantly.
His eyes narrowed.
The Overseer stopped resisting and suddenly emitted a bright glow as holes appeared all over his divine form.
He spread his arms wide and began absorbing the deities around him.
Unlike Gustav's elegant, natural, perfect absorption…
…this was violent.
Deities screamed as their essences were dragged toward him.
Their domains shattered into fragments.
Their bodies twisted into rivers of divine flesh and light that spun around him like a vortex.
Their faces warped.
Their consciousnesses splintered.
One by one—then ten by ten—then dozens at once…
He consumed them.
Against their will.
Some begged.
Some cursed.
Some attempted to flee.
Some clawed at the void for escape.
None succeeded.
They were ripped from existence and slammed brutally into the Overseer's growing mass.
He grew larger.
And larger.
And larger.
