After the three left the mountain in an attempt to lose the monster, it started rushing in their way. Arthur believed that he was the man targeted, but when the fallen being reached the summit, it uttered a different name.
"Zonas… Mantra…"
It was a long and lanky creature of nothingness, oozing black tar that eroded the existence of anything it touched. Long dark wings seemed to carry it across space, cutting whatever distance between them. Beneath the dark mask on his face were the same crazed eyes, with a grin that leaked the black tar.
"You look familiar," said Arthur while standing in front of the hut, his golden aura making the ground shine beneath him. "How did they make you covet the corruption of nothingness?"
"I…" said the humanoid monster, spilling tar over the ground from his mouth. His teeth have turned black and rotten as if only his lower jaw managed to maintain its human appearance. "Mantra… kill…"