As Aiden stood at the center of the newly forming reality, something stirred beyond the veil of existence. It was subtle at first, a faint tremor in the vastness of the void, but then—it screamed.
A soundless wail rippled through the fabric of the new universe. Not a voice, not a language—just pure hunger.
Aiden's gaze snapped toward the edges of creation. The boundaries of this reality, fragile and still forming, began to splinter. Tendrils of absolute nothingness slithered through the cracks, writhing and pulsing with a presence that should not exist.
Then, they came through.
The Outer Gods – The Beings Beyond Reality
Aiden's grip tightened on his sword as figures emerged from the ruptured edges of the world. They were not like anything he had ever faced before—not divine, not cosmic, not even conceptual.
They were Outside.
