353 - The Beginning of the End 4

 

Aether, standing next to Ryan on the destroyed asphalt, looked up at the distant man in the sky, his expression filled with suspicion. Around them, Lancaster's main avenue was covered in a scene of chaos: hundreds of wrecked cars, thick smoke rising from the rubble and the bodies of monsters scattered like traces of the brutal battle.

"Who is that man?" Aether asked, without taking his eyes off the figure in the sky.

His sword still flickered with the energy of black fire as he slashed at a creature flying towards him, its body responding automatically. The creature fell with a deafening thud, soon crumbling to dust. Just then, Ryan spoke, his voice deep and tired: "I have an idea who it might be. At least he's taking care of that octopus"