The night air still carried the faint scent of monster blood as Alex stood on the shattered peak of a mountain and looked across the continent.
He had been killing planetary monsters this whole time.
Forty one of them still remained.
They were scattered across distant regions of the continent, hiding in ancient mountain chains, and ruined wastelands. Alex could feel their faint life signatures through his mental domain.
Tomorrow he would finish the hunt.
Alex bent his knees slightly.
Then he jumped.
BOOM.
The mountain peak beneath him exploded into fragments as the ground failed to withstand the enormous force of his launch. Rock shattered and blasted outward while Alex's figure shot into the sky like a projectile fired from a planetary cannon.
The wind roared past his helmet as he ascended through the atmosphere.
Then something changed.
Halfway through his ascent, the space around him twisted violently.
The stars above him vanished.
The wind disappeared.
