At the highest level of the Xaos Tower, the wind was unnaturally still. The chamber—lined with black crystal and veins of molten silver—glowed faintly beneath the weight of divine and infernal energy intertwined.
Vlad, Freya, Jormungandr, Fafnir, Ouroboros, and Overlord stood in a half-circle, their gazes locked on the entity suspended before them.
Eligos, the Vorometallic Lord, was no longer recognizable. His once-silver body had been completely consumed by the Nightmare Universe, his bones and blood transformed into an extension of the monstrous mass of flesh and eyes. Every atom, every thought, every echo of his soul had been assimilated.
Overlord's eyes burned with focus. His consciousness resonated with the fragment of his mind that commanded the Nightmare Universe itself.
