Cain opened his eyes. Instantly, his entire body trembled, overtaken by a sensation of dread so powerful, so utterly profound, that he had never felt its equal before. His fists clenched involuntarily as he vividly recalled those terrifying crimson eyes and the unspeakable sense of doom radiating from them.
What truly magnified this dread was Cain's certainty about who owned those eyes. Without a doubt, this was the entity responsible for sending the mutated Depravitas of Dark Sky into his home world of Aether. And Cain was certain Aether had not been their only target.
Countless worlds had likely suffered the same fate, victims of invasion and subjugation. Until now, the ultimate fate of these worlds had remained a mystery—but the thousands of captive planets orbiting that colossal super Empyrean World revealed the horrible truth.
