Where Abner looked, Boris Vassika, the Glorious One whom the Malevolent Transformation Spell had cursed into a goat, recovered from his initial discomfort. His body swelled at terrifying speed until he was as large as a mountain. He smashed through the cave roof and brought a hoof down on Abner and the doll possessed by the Spirit Angel Tolzna.
For an Angel, revealing their complete Mythical Creature Form meant their outward shape could no longer limit their strength.
As the goat became a giant goat, the power of Decay began to overwhelm the force of life, soon filling the surroundings.
Facing a hoof that plunged even Beyonder Abilities into Decay and prevented them from working properly, Tolzna calmly extended a finger. Snow and ice roared forth, wrapping around the hoof as it descended like a falling sky. In an instant, it froze solid.
Even the power of Decay took physical form and froze into ice.
If she was possessing the Snow Queen doll, she ought to look the part.
The thought flashed through Tolzna's mind. She made the doll swing its arm hard, and in the next instant, the frozen hoof was severed whole.
Because it had been frozen, the cut was perfectly smooth.
After that brief exchange, Boris seemed to realize how far beneath Tolzna he was.
He let out an unwilling roar, fixed Abner in his "Professor" guise with a long stare, then tore open space and stepped straight into the Spirit World.
—The world of Groselle's Travels could not keep an Angel from leaving.
Tolzna watched him go without trying to stop him. Her first duty was to protect Abner, not fight an Angel to the death.
Abner did not fault her for it. After a moment's thought, he looked at Tolzna and chose his words carefully.