THE Sovereign Catalystwas actually working with THE Corpse Hierophant!
The reveal hit like a physical blow, but Achilles didn't waste time on this betrayal or outrage.
He couldn't afford to care whether collapsed entities formed alliances with each other, they could do whatever the hell they wanted in their desperate scramble back toward relevance. It only became a problem when his comparatively modest figure and Rose found themselves standing amidst these titans directly.
Even if these were merely manifestations rather than true bodies.
Even if this represented only a glimpse of their actual power.
The overwhelming might radiating from both entities exceeded the normal level of a Pre-THE Existence by a factor of five or ten times at minimum. No entity who held the same power as the Mercury Guardian or Jornaga or even Achilles himself would be able to stand against these beings in direct confrontation.
