The shattered remains of the heavy wooden door lay scattered across the floorboards. Kael stood perfectly frozen in the doorway. The Vanguard's chest heaved with massive, ragged breaths, his golden eyes locked entirely on the geometric nightmare suspended just inches away from his face.
The Formatter was completely silent. It did not possess a mouth to roar or lungs to breathe. It was a terrifying, rotating cluster of solid hard light and interlocking polyhedrons. The jagged, glowing red deleting code swirled violently around its edges, acting exactly like a swarm of starving locusts desperate to consume the physical world.
It was actively attempting to push forward, but it was completely halted by the Chief Librarian's command.
