Bologue couldn't tell if this was the Secret Energy inherent to the Heartless themselves, or Extraordinary Power bestowed by the Immortal Armor, but regardless of which, under this onslaught, even Bologue felt incapable of confronting it head-on, and the darkness continued to spread.
Beyond the many Heartless, a pure darkness continued to slowly writhe, like an invisible torrent gradually surging forth, slowly devouring all matter.
Bologue suspected this wasn't so-called darkness at all, but an erasure of existential meaning.
The darkness continually influenced reality; under its corrosive influence, everything around it gradually became blurred. All colors, sounds, temperature... all information comprehensible to the mind was devoured by this darkness, leaving only absolute blackness.
The Heartless roared forward, seemingly not only pursuing Bologue and the others but more like fleeing from the consumption of darkness.
