"You want to know how this is possible?" Eryke the Fifth grinned.
He felt a strange energy stirring within him, something familiar, as if it had always been a part of him since birth.
His blue eyes began to glow, a brilliant light shining like stars scattered across the night sky.
Curious, he extended his hand and willed it with his heart.
Immediately, a small stone from the ground shot upward and hovered before his outstretched palm, spinning rapidly with an intense force.
"Hmm?" He slowly closed his hand around it.
In an instant, cracks formed across the stone's surface. It shattered, crumbling into dust.
"This feels... amazing."
Eryke the Fifth clenched his fist, a thrill surging through his chest.
Then he turned to the Valkyries, who were watching him with wary eyes.
"Just what are you?" one of them asked.
"What do you think I am?" Eryke the Fifth replied with a tilt of his head. "I'm human, of course, just like you. And…"
