The words HOSTILE OMNIVERSAL MERGER reverberated like a court ruling stamped into the marrow of reality.
CRRRRRRRSHHHHHHH!
Every galaxy trembled. Every law of physics was audited. The branded void rippled outward, replacing constellations with glowing pie charts.
Vex's new body towered higher, its bones now plated in obsidian graphs, its ribs lined with glowing balance sheets. Chains of acquisition cracked down like divine whips, branding entire star systems with the logo of VEXCORP.
It raised one clawed hand—an entire spiral galaxy trapped between its fingers like loose change.
"DIVERSIFICATION IS FOR THE WEAK," the abomination bellowed. "CONSOLIDATION IS DESTINY."
It hurled the galaxy like a coin.
Aria screamed and slammed her grimoire open.
"Redirect! Redirect!"
Her green fire coiled upward, forming a colossal ivy lattice that caught the spiraling galaxy mid-flight. The vines screamed as they snapped under the weight, burning to ash. Still—the galaxy was spared.
