The Heavenly Demon of Terror

[Samuel's POV]

The air around me thickened, the mist swirling like it was alive. The countless red eyes watched from the darkness, unmoving, yet filled with an unnatural intelligence.

Then—it stepped forward.

A massive, towering figure, its body shifting between flesh and shadow, something not quite real but undeniably powerful. It was humanoid, but only in the loosest sense. Its form pulsed with a sickening energy, as if reality itself struggled to contain it.

And at its center—its true eyes.

Not red like the rest.

But golden.

I clenched my jaw.

"So..." I muttered, raising my sword slightly. "You must be the Hollow King."

The being's head tilted slightly, as if amused.

"And you must be another failed experiment."