Threads of possibility shimmered into view around her. Dozens of invisible futures spun out, intertwining and collapsing into one definitive moment. Her nine gems pulsed in unison, and her body became a blur of radiant motion.
She vanished again—this time moving through the future itself.
As the beast released its breath—an apocalyptic scream of decay—Valeris was already inside it.
A streak of jade-white light tore through its skull.
The beast's attack collapsed inward, silenced mid-roar. Its body convulsed once… then again… and then exploded into globs of flesh and corrupted essence, which rained down onto the floor, where the Womb quickly absorbed it all.
The battle was over.
Valeris stood at the far end of the chamber, her wings slowly folding back, her Laws settling into a soft glow. Her clothes reformed over her dragonscale form, returning her to her calmer human shape, though her horns and gems remained—testaments to the power she had revealed.
