Varian's mind went blank as the ghost ship exploded into pieces in front of his very eyes.
"No." He muttered blankly, ignoring hundreds of metal pieces flying out of the ghost ship and out and piercing his flesh.
The world went dark and only the broken spaceship remained in his vision. Or what remained after the explosion.
A charred crater.
"Boo…" Varian collapsed onto his knees. "This is a bad dream…a nightmare." He lowered his head and dug his fingers into the flesh of his thighs as his entire body shook. "This is just…a nightmare."
"It is real." The merciless voice of Haedon caused him to look up in anger.
"You!" Varian's anger surged and his killing intent condensed into a red mist that swiftly enveloped Haedon.
Even the abyss emperor felt his skin tingle facing the killing intent. But that feeling only lasted for a moment before his eyes blazed with fury. "How many of mine did you kill to grow this much killing intent? How many?!"