Dustbound Ties Severed, the Golden Sea Drained Dry

It was as though stars had risen from the darkness.

Fireflies flickered, rising and falling one by one. But when millions gathered, they blazed with a savage light brighter than the sun. A vast sea of stars burst through the blade-like blockade, rose into the sky, fell toward the earth, soared between heaven and earth, and flowed into the surging waves!

And so, amid the underworld's black and white, amid the clash of gold light and blood, a streak of eye-searing gray appeared... iron gray! "..."

Bustaman felt the world spin.

The sky seemed to rise, and the earth seemed to sink.

The entire world was rapidly expanding, swelling. This was no trick of perception or sight, but a terrifying change taking place throughout the Family God itself!

Cold, vicious iron gray spread with the sea of stars, like an invisible hand gripping the Family God's heart. Then it poured in an endless flood of souls!

Such a delicious scent, such a wonderful flavor, such an irresistible taste...

The Family God was bewildered. The Family God rejoiced. The Family God gorged itself. The Family God was stunned... and finally, the Family God was afraid.

Eat! Eat. Eat! Eat! Eat!

Until it could eat no more... Yet an endless torrent of souls still erupted from Minkler's hand, and the sword in his grasp had only vanished by half.

The flood kept pouring forth, heedless of the limits of what the Family God could bear. It expanded, expanded, and expanded again, filling its decaying framework, packing its scant remaining capacity, and seeping into its contradiction-riddled structure.

It even began transforming the Family God from within!

It was as if the meat it had swallowed suddenly came alive, opened its jaws, and began savaging it from the inside! The Family God went berserk.