Ethan was both relieved and horrified that the final Boss Beast's base had suddenly appeared right in front of them.
'I guess that confirms that it really was just spawning them in whenever it felt like it.'
But that wasn't important right now.
"Liora!" he quickly called out, snapping out of the daze that the immense mana had caused.
She reacted instantly.
Mana surged from her palms, and dozens of translucent barriers formed around the exhausted squad, layering one after another until they resembled a fortress of shimmering glass.
Before the final barrier settled, the cocoon burst open.
A brilliant flash illuminated the floating island, and everyone instinctively shielded their eyes. When the light faded, one butterfly drifted from the broken cocoon.
It was golden, completely so.
The creature's wings shimmered like liquid sunlight, with every movement leaving glowing particles floating behind it.
It was beautiful, almost impossibly so.
