The door to the entrance, torn from its hinges lay on the ground in front of the house.
"Probably the Idegen, looking for mana..."
Gerard stepped inside and cautiously walked over to the locked study. Two Collectors lay dead, fried from the inside out. Gerard grabbed his helmet from his dimensional pocket and used it to unlock the seal on the door before opening it and stepping inside.
When the doors closed behind him, he walked over to Victoria's body.
"I hope this works..."
*Spirit Manifestation!*
Quickly, the deformed body of a woman appeared over the corpse of Victoria.
In this heightened state of awareness, he reached out, his mind merging with the spectral presence of Victoria.
Her presence materialized before him, a shimmering figure enveloped in an otherworldly glow. The ethereal beauty of her form was paired with sadness in her eyes, remnants of the pain she endured before her untimely demise.