He stared at the being before him with an expression of utter disbelief!
Its semi-illusory body seemed to be formed entirely of purple crystal, translucent enough to reveal the golden, bloodlike magma within.
Its lofty, divine face was faceted like a diamond, yet its thirty-six facets were entirely natural.
Its left eye seemed to command the power of spatial laws that could seal him away forever.
Its right eye seemed to command the power of temporal laws that could trap him in an eternal cycle through endless space and time!
Yet its entire being inexplicably conveyed a beauty of annihilation!
And at the same time, it possessed a divinity that seemed to embrace all things.
An enormous purple thorn flower had a main stem nearly half the radius of the planet where Cthulhu lay in the outside world. Its seemingly vigorous roots were embedded in the purple giant's shoulders and back.
It seemed to be drawing upon the purple giant's power for nourishment.
And the entire star system!
Although its planets truly were not very large-even the largest was only half the size of Earth, where Cthulhu was sealed in the outside world.
Even the aging star that kept this system illuminated was only the size of Earth.
Yet this star system.
Was indeed supported by the purple thorn flower growing from the purple giant's back, its branches spreading throughout the entire middle thousand world!
Thousands upon thousands of greater servitors at the golden immortal level, likewise formed of purple crystal, worked tirelessly within this constantly crumbling star system.
They wielded their magic power, using a strange spell to glue together one planet after another that was on the verge of shattering.
"This is the Thornflower Holy Spirit, a descendant of my companion, Violet Thornflower."
A voice both gentle and