Kairos's glare grew cold, his breath catching in his throat as realization dawned on him—he was caught within the colossal maws of the Tyrannical beast, its jagged teeth glinting like obsidian scythes under the desert sun. The creature's jaws were poised to snap shut, to crush him in a single merciless bite.
There was no time to think. No time to plan.
Instinct surged within him like lightning.
"Shadow Swap!" he yelled, voice cracking as the heat of panic overtook his mind.
He didn't know if it would work. He didn't even know if he'd cast it in time. But desperation was sometimes more powerful than strategy. The creature wasted no moment. With a sickening crunch, its enormous mouth snapped shut, pulverizing everything within its cavernous jaws into a gruesome mash of broken bones and pulverized debris.
And yet, it tasted nothing.
