Corrupting The Flesh

This series of events happened in a tenth of a second:

Rowan took one look at her and his eyes exploded, he grunted as his body was hurled backward by a crushing force, and he began to disintegrate, his Ouroboros Serpent wrapped around him, creating a wall of flesh around him.

But soon, the two of them roared in pain, as they slowly turned to ash. This also happened to the two other Serpents outside this place.

The surroundings seemed to shimmer as if they were underwater, and black lightning filled the entire space leaving deep tears in space, and the world groaned and began bleeding Aether.

A sound like the cries of a thousand dying angels filled the air before silence prevailed.

The moment ended.

The goddess vanished.

But the horror had just begun.

Rowan had only glimpsed the goddess with his vision, but that alone was enough to not only tear his flesh apart but brand the image in his mind like a virus infecting a cell.