But right at that moment, everything changed. An profound impact swept across the entire world, as if reality itself was being torn asunder.
"Enough!!"
The thunderous command split the air, followed by an ear-splitting 'Chi!'
An unfathomable, dazzling wave of light drenched the entire world in its radiance. The sheer power of this light was beyond anything the gathered Mages had ever experienced.
Its radiance melted the life from the surrounding trees, their leaves withering and falling in an instant. The ground beneath their feet cracked and split, fissures racing outwards from the point of impact like a spiderweb of destruction.
The wave of light approached with a rushing momentum that threatened to flatten Gladius and Arianna into little more than smears across the shattered earth.
