Victoria's laughter faded into something sharper.
Her eyes locked onto him.
"Then let's see how you handle that…"
She suddenly stomped her foot down.
The impact cracked the already fractured earth beneath her heel. A shockwave rippled outward in a circular blast, shattering stone and sending jagged slabs of the decayed ground rising several feet before crashing back down.
"Take this," she said coldly. "Let's see how you handle that."
The earth split open.
Not in thin cracks.
In massive ruptures.
From beneath the ground, something moved.
Three colossal forms began rising—slowly at first, forcing their way through layers of broken stone.
The first monster emerged with a thunderous roar. Its massive body was built from jagged black rock, glowing green veins pulsing through its cracks like molten energy. Emerald eyes burned beneath broken horns, and its enormous stone claws could cleave through steel. Each step shook the ground.
