The Bolt shattered three of the four barriers, breaking into flecks of light beneath the scarlet dome surrounding Altair and his Forsaken. The seven runes burned like fire, rejecting the destruction that came from the skies.
Suddenly, the air turned dry and acrid, devoid of Mana, that did not dwindle as if to be used but vanished all at once.
The faces of Transcendent men drained of color. The Barriers that were beginning to coalesce from where they had been broken began to dissolve like puddles of acid on the skin. The Mana Core that had been used to activate the Barriers shattered as the energy used was all eaten.
The Heavens trembled and snarled. The winds snapped like caged beasts across the denizens of Inka.
