Book Six: Chapter 191

It was a massive black fractal wrapped around golden gears of light. Just the sight of it shifting around made him nauseous, and an intense pain filled his sinuses. The Krampus turned to face him, his pulled features leering.

Gasping, Mike shut his eyes and looked away, the front of his face now wet from a sudden nosebleed.

“You dare to look into infinity?” The Krampus laughed. “Your simple mind can’t handle--erk!”

Mike opened his eyes to see that Lily had climbed onto the Krampus’ back and sunk her talons into his shoulders. The two of them wrestled like feral cats, breaking furniture in the process.

“Romeo, run!” Lily put the Krampus in a headlock, but the eldritch being warped in place, his whole body shifting until his arms were now around her shoulders. “I can’t hold him, he--”

Lily cried out in agony as the Krampus wrapped his massive hands around her horns and pushed his thumbs into her forehead as if trying to halve an apple. Lily’s tail whipped