Horizon of Darkness

Having spent the rest of the evening in relaxed conversation with new acquaintances, upon returning to his hotel room, Zeikin felt an urge to chop up some cyclops, trolls, or giant birds and channel all his future level-up power into it, to show his opponent who he was dealing with. As he fell asleep, he dreamt of casually smoking a cigarette while holding a fishman's head under his arm and "realigning its brain" with the knuckles of his other hand.