While the great battle between Adam and the formless fog raged on the surface of the former's spirit sea, far below in the depths, Valerian lay submerged, gazing upward with a complex light in his child-like, topaz eyes.
The formless fog was a powerful entity, far stronger than a Mana Core Magus. Its exact strength was unknown. Yet, in the face of the Eternal Soul Lotus, it was like a snowflake melting under the fierce, radiant light of the blazing sun.
There were several factors in this battle that led to the current situation. First, the formless fog possessed an incorporeal body that could bypass its victim's physical body and directly invade the mind, then the soul.
Second, the entity seemed to be truly incapable of inflicting physical damage to its victims. However, mental damage was far more difficult and insidious to defend against.
