{RIKU POV}
The moment they arrived at the scene, the immediate destruction of the surroundings was the first thing to hit Riku's attention. Pocks of broken earth littered the area, trees splintered and uprooted as if they had been put into a blender. The multitude of ice also came to his attention, denoting the fact that Stephen's associate was most likely the viking they saw the man fighting just a few Depths ago.
Well, whatever the case was, the man was still holding his ground based on the constant rumblings not far from them.
"We have to be careful from here on out," Stephen warned the entire group as he crouched down low, allowing him to keep his balance against the insane tremors now rocking the ground below. "There's no telling how strong the monster is now, especially if my associate is still fighting him until now."