He knew the Colossus was different from him. It was an ascender that would never admit defeat, never think about how to live peacefully in the future, and never choose self-preservation. It was as though its very existence was for greater conquest and defiance!
In an instant.
He whipped his head around, looking urgently toward that cracked, pale-silver tower pulsing with red light.
In other words, it was going to stake everything on one final gamble?!
Almost simultaneously, the entire earth began to rumble and quake. The ground split apart, and clouds churned across the sky. Endless black mist swirled madly around the High Tower, creating a scene like the end of the world.
The Mother Tree of Desire's immense trunk was forced back inch by inch, while the cracks in the pale-silver High Tower continued to spread.
Crack-
With that shattering sound.
The blinding red light forced every creature for thousands of miles around to close their eyes.
And amid that terrifying red radiance, an enormous brain of flesh slowly emerged high in the sky. Shrill whispers rang out in every creature's mind, as though stirring every piece of flesh within their bodies into a boiling, howling frenzy.
Every creature was driven back amid the tremors.
It was like a miracle.
Countless blood-red outlines spread across the sky from that enormous brain of flesh, gradually constructing the phantom of the imperious Colossus.
It surveyed the heavens with disdain, as though everything in existence was as insignificant as an ant before it.
"So this is... the Colossus?"
Within a distant rift in the sky, the Flesh Dominator's enormous eyeball reflected that sky-obscuring silhouette. A deadly light that no one could fathom flickered in its gaze.
Then came a powerful heartbeat.
Boom-
Boom-
Like war drums, it made every creature clearly