Kaito's fist tightened around his sword as the Master of the Abyss loomed over him.
The battle raged on in the background, chaos erupting all around them—scattered pieces of corrupted code fought against dancing flames of resistance, and code shuddered with instability through the air—but all Kaito could perceive was the figure looming above him.
The Master's presence alone was suffocating, like being under the pressure of the ocean.
This was not another boss. Not even a creature spawned of the darkened world. It was older, much older. More primal. It was the embodiment of all that had twisted Eclipse Online into the state it was in. Unadulterated power beneath the Abyss. A primeval reality given flesh.
The Master's golden eyes seared him, glowing and unyielding. Sneering. Unforgiving. They cut into him—inward.
