As Cain watched the warriors disappear into the distance, he knew with absolute certainty that this was not the end. They would return—and next time, they would come in greater numbers, with greater power.
"Even if I hadn't attacked," Cain reflected coldly, "there was no way they would have simply let me exist."
At least this way, he had captured some of them.
A flash of ruthless focus surged through Cain's consciousness as his attention turned inward, toward the killers he had captured within the depths of the Ocean of the Blood Sun. For the first time since arriving in this strange universe, he finally had access to intelligent life forms—living sources of knowledge.
Without hesitation, Cain unleashed the power of his soul.
