Author's Note: Unedited Chapter
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Endric clenched his fists.
Sersi trembled.
"Where did he go!?" Ria shouted.
Endric could barely breathe.
"He's… merging with the void."
A chill crept into their bones.
"He's going after the real Gustav."
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Gustav's clone blinked once.
Without emotion.
Without panic.
He knew exactly where Nocturnis was headed.
And he moved instantly.
A sonic boom of cosmic magnitude shattered the emptiness as he raced back toward the planet—toward his unconscious true body—toward the ritual-drenched sanctuary.
He crashed through several layers of cosmic debris without slowing.
As he descended, he shouted one word—
A word that vibrated through reality.
A word of command.
Outerspace trembled, like a living creature realizing something far above its rank had stepped into its territory. The ripples of fear traveled through every atom when Gustav—the Outworldly Gustav, restored now to half of his full might, shot through the void.
