When Ainsworth arrived on Earth in a single step, he saw a massive beast standing in the middle of Edenbridge City's central plaza.
The city was still intact, thanks to the Guardian's Sanctuary he had deployed earlier, but the air was thick with pressure and mana distortion.
That creature was Monster Lord Skarnax.
It stood over thirty meters tall, its obsidian-black armor covering a powerful beast-like frame. Cracks in its plating pulsed with a molten red glow, like liquid fire flowing beneath the surface.
Each movement caused the ground to tremble faintly, and its four limbs gripped the earth with brute strength. Its tail swayed behind it, tipped with a spiked club that attempted to shatter the pavement wherever it passed.
