Ash remained standing in complete silence, his gaze quietly fixed upon the place where Gareth had once stood.
The dazzling white light gradually faded away, revealing a corpse suspended in an empty darkness.
Countless fist-sized holes riddled Gareth's body from every direction, his once immaculate armor reduced to little more than torn fragments barely clinging to his flesh.
Almost every vital organ had been completely erased, leaving behind nothing but mangled flesh and shattered bones, while the silver-gold radiance that had once surrounded him slowly dispersed into countless particles before vanishing completely.
Ash let out a slow breath before lowering Eclipse.
The pitch-black flames surrounding the blade quietly extinguished as the overwhelming aura pouring from his body gradually subsided, leaving behind only an intense pain spreading throughout every corner of his body.
Crack...
A faint cracking sound echoed from within his arms.
