Its entire body was exposed. The skin was an unnatural gray-black, veined with dense cracks—and within those cracks, a faint dark-red glow pulsed.

Its skull was warped beyond recognition. Its features were twisted, its mouth split nearly to its ears, revealing jagged, uneven fangs.

Its hands were even worse. Blade-like nails extended from its fingers, gleaming with a cold, metallic sheen.

But the most unsettling part was its eyes.

They were hollow—no whites, no pupils. Just a lifeless, pitch-black void.

“W-What is that thing?!” Evelyn cried out.

Jared kept his gaze fixed on the creature, a trace of gravity settling in his eyes.