The abrupt stop of the Omnisoul's distorted rippling drew Alexander's attention. What followed afterwards was expected and unexpected. Connecting to every single surviving life form in the multiverse took a lot of his focus, momentarily delaying his reaction time.
And that momentarily delay was all it took for him to lose more than half his face.
The massive black and gold claw came too swiftly, barely giving Alexander time to be shocked and react. It almost felt like the attack was already in his face when he lifted his head.
The force behind the claw swipe blew him away from the massive bundle of threads his hands were buried in, sending him across the multiverse at speeds no living entity was capable of.
Fortunately, he had emptied the universes of life, sparing him the guilt of crushing through them. However, that was not what left him overwhelmingly shocked and rattled.
…It was what the claw had done to his existence.
