Leon didn't spare the entity a glance. He didn't spare the horde either.
The void kept spitting out corrupt creatures in a steady, rippling tide, each one packed with rank nine force, a few giving off a pressure that pushed even higher.
Their snarls and shifting limbs crowded the darkness, yet Leon cut straight through them as if they were scenery.
Behind him, his squad stayed tense. Eden, Elizabeth, Adrian, Nikko, Rachel, Malachi and even the Dowager hovered at the ready, waiting for Leon to give the word so they could tear through anything foolish enough to intervene.
But Leon seemed blind to all of it. His focus had narrowed into a single line drawn between him and the broken figure hanging in the air ahead.
The entity felt that disregard like a slap. Its voice cracked through the void, raw with fury.
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!"
