The giant, mechanical serpent roared. The sound was terrible. It was a loud, screeching mix of grinding iron gears and tearing wet meat. The monster lunged out of the underground river. It opened its massive, spinning metal mouth, ready to swallow Adam Cook whole. Toxic black oil and dark red blood dripped from its sharp iron teeth. Adam stood perfectly still on the muddy riverbank. His hollow mind calculated the threat in a single millisecond. “Target is massive. Armor is thick iron. Core is corrupted blood magic,” the cold machine inside his brain whispered. “Execute Total Annihilation.” Adam raised his pale right hand. He opened his dark soul. Pitch-black, buzzing Void static flared around his fingers. He prepared to unleash a massive, explosive wave of anti-magic. He was going to completely erase the serpent from existence. But Adam paused. His highly evolved eyes looked past the charging monster. He saw the beautiful, glowing blue water he had just restored. He saw the tiny

Subject Zero-Prime raised his massive, pitch-black sword inside the bright silver ship. The crazy older brother smiled his starving, evil smile. "Nobody cuts my little brother open," Zero-Prime whispered to General Aris. "He is my dinner."General Aris’s eyes went completely wide. The greedy, handsome General was absolutely terrified. He forgot about his grand plan. He forgot about his pride. He turned his hand and frantically slapped the red button on the wall to drop the floor and kill Catherine. But Zero-Prime was faster. The older brother swung his heavy black sword. The sword of pure anti-magic did not just cut the General’s arm. It sliced completely through the metal wall. It destroyed the red button and the electrical wires hidden inside the ship. The control panel exploded in a shower of yellow sparks. The bomb doors under Catherine’s glass cage hissed, but they did not open. The mechanism was completely broken. General Aris fell to the metal floor, holding his bleeding

The woman smiled gently from the center of the underground Genesis Chamber. She had Catherine’s beautiful face, but her eyes were the terrifying, pitch-black Void. "Now, we can finish burning this filthy world to ash," the woman whispered softly. Catherine trembled in pure terror. She squeezed Adam’s hand. Because of the new Void-Bond connecting their souls, Adam instantly felt Catherine’s fear. But he also felt her bravery. Their magic flowed together like a perfect, spinning river of blue and black light. Adam did not ask questions. He did not try to fight the mysterious woman. His mind was clear. They had to escape. "We are not your children," Adam said. His voice was firm and completely human. "And we are not burning the world."Adam and Catherine moved as one. They pushed their connected hands downward. A massive, explosive wave of pitch-black Void and bright blue Primordial Frost blasted into the metal floor. The incredible force acted like a rocket engine. Adam and Catheri

The giant, iron-clad soldier of the Vahn Empire laughed. His cruel voice echoed behind his cold metal mask. He held Catherine tightly by her blonde hair, lifting her off the frozen ground. "Now, break the boy's legs," the soldier grunted to himself. He raised his massive, jagged iron sword. Adam Cook was on his knees. The toxic gray Null-Metal dust filled his lungs. The dust acted like a heavy chain, completely locking his pitch-black Void magic. His empty, silent soul could not summon a single drop of power. But the Vahn soldier made a terrible mistake. He thought magic was Adam’s only weapon. Adam did not have his dark magic, but his physical body was still built by ancient alchemy. His bones were as dense as solid obsidian. His muscles were incredibly heavy. Adam did not wait for the sword to fall. He ignored the burning pain in his eyes. With pure, raw physical speed, Adam lunged forward. He did not aim for the heavy iron armor on the soldier's chest. Adam drove his pale, ba

The giant, silver warship fell from the sky like a burning mountain. It plummeted straight toward the tiny wooden village. Thousands of innocent refugees looked up. They screamed in absolute terror. The heavy shadow of the ship covered the entire canyon. Adam Cook did not have time to think. He had to act. He could not use a massive blast of dark magic, or he would destroy the village himself. He had to be a surgeon. Adam bent his knees. He pushed all of his dense, physical strength into his heavy boots. Adam launched himself high into the air. He flew directly toward the falling silver ship. He raised his pale, obsidian hands. He did not point his hands at the village. He pointed them flat against the thick metal belly of the crashing warship. [Skill Activated: Localized Gravity Push.] Adam unleashed a highly concentrated beam of pitch-black Void magic. He pushed the magic completely upward, fighting the massive weight of the ship. The incredible force did not stop the ship, b