Chapter 446 - Tamers War - Crystallized Fury
Selphira retreated, surprised by Kharzan’s sudden release of power, but was already preparing her next attack.
On the ground, Valdris’s body lay motionless, having paid the final price for decades of unwavering loyalty.
Kharzan’s roars of pain over Valdris’s death resonated across the battlefield, but something deeper was happening. Pure emotion, unfiltered rage, had broken not only the ice chains, but also the last barriers he maintained between himself and abyssal power.
The transformation was more complete than anything he had experienced before, not just physical enhancement, but the absolute abandonment of everything that had once made him think as a human.
Kharzan let himself go completely.
He allowed the beasts to take his body, fusing at a level that transcended simple symbiosis. His form reconfigured, muscles and bones flowing like malleable clay while six creatures became a single perfectly integrated entity.
The process was beautiful and horrifying to witness.
He was so merged with abyssal power that he even managed to feel something that should have been impossible at this distance.
The crystal’s voices.
"New child of the abyss controlled by the stasis strings," they whispered in his mind, arriving from kilometers away like echoes from a deep cavern. "You can hear us..."
The connection was startling in its clarity.