For a long, breathless moment, the entire city came to a still. The rampaging demons hovered mid-air with wings half-spread. The Arcana Masters are frozen in their movements. The escaping Civilians suddenly knelt on shaking knees without fully understanding why.
And at the center of that all hovered a giant lotus throne, where the 300 ft Compassionate Buddha, Padmapani Avalokiteshwara, sat atop with calm dignity. Orion floated inside its chest and seemed as if he was in meditation.
His eyes were closed at that moment, and his current expression appeared soft, peaceful, and impossibly calm for someone who had been fighting against the carnal desires a moment ago
And then, as he opened his eyes, the entire lotus brightened for a split second, and a soft wind brushed across the silent battlefield.
Orion's gaze shifted down to Naamah.
