Elara's voice echoed through the icy corridor. "Cruzer, be careful!"
But her warning came too late. His hand had already made contact with the wall of thin ice, the surface shimmering slightly under his touch.
There was a brief moment of stillness before the ice lit up with a deep violet glow, void energy surging through it like veins of lightning.
"Cruzer!" she screamed again, but before he could pull back, the ground beneath him shifted, and he felt the pull of something dark and unseen.
His entire body was yanked forward with a force far greater than his strength, dragging him into the glowing wall.
"Elara!" he called out, his voice muffled as his body was engulfed by the void-infused ice.
Without thinking, Elara lunged forward, her hand latching onto Cruzer's leg just as he was disappearing into the ice.
The force was relentless, pulling them both into the unknown, like being sucked into the very void itself.
