The explosion that followed was cataclysmic, sending shockwaves that tore through the ice caves with ferocious intensity. Mira, Yanira, and Hana, huddled in the hastily made foxhole, could only brace as the world around them seemed to end. The ground shook violently, a tumultuous roar drowning out any attempts at speech, while the barrier Mira erected was instantly evaporated as the cave collapsed on top of them.
Outside, the blizzard that had raged with relentless vigor paused as if the very storm itself was stunned into silence by the magnitude of the blast. The mountains surrounding the valley trembled, avalanches cascading down their slopes in thunderous flows of snow and ice, obliterating anything in their path. The earth itself seemed to groan under the force, fissures ripping open as if trying to swallow the aftermath whole.
