The black scraps of paper swirling through the sky had yet to settle completely.
This ancient dead planet, Vormir, was clearly far more temperamental than anyone had expected.
The dark red clouds that had originally churned only at the bottom of the cliff began surging upward like mad.
Like a pot of poison brought to a full boil.
Vast swathes of cloud transformed into sharp, tangible wind blades.
They howled as they sliced through the iron-hard black stone pillars in their path.
The entire mountain emitted teeth-grating sounds of fracturing.
The ground beneath their feet began to rise and fall like waves.
Terrifying cracks rapidly spread along the mountain ridge.
The rock at Lynn's feet collapsed and fell away.
Not only did he not retreat.
He instead took half a step forward.
The sole of his leather shoe stepped onto the loose rocks at the edge of the abyss.
Grinding out an exceptionally piercing screech.
"Boss, it looks like it intends to take us down with it."
Wanda's fingers moved rapidly.
Dark red Chaos Magic wove itself into a hexagonal energy shield before her.
The wind blades that tried to approach Lynn slammed into the shield.
And were mercilessly reduced to their most primitive state: air.
Lynn adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.
He looked at the gravity field ahead, which had become utterly distorted.
Vormir was mobilizing the mass of the entire planet to repel them.
Even the surrounding light had been warped by the immense gravitational field.
Lynn could even feel a tremor from beneath his feet, like the pulse of a living creature.
"Take us down with it?"
Lynn sneered.
He slipped his left hand back into the pocket of his white lab coat.
"It isn't even qualified to serve as fertilizer. It