The disaster was not just happening to the Pyra Empire.
It unfolded across every Empire at once, as if some unseen hand had turned a key beneath the world and unlocked catastrophe in unison.
In the Naiadae Empire... The people who were supposed to enjoy their peaceful night after lots of work were now screaming for their lives,
"OH GOD!!"
"WHAT KIND OF HORROR IS THAT? SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THAT IS!"
Screams collided with one another as families flooded into the streets, pushing, tripping, clutching children to their chests.
Behind them, buildings did not merely collapse; they were crushed inward, as if something was crushing their foundations. The light crystals embedded within the buildings exploded in bursts of blue-white brilliance, then died, and darkness spread like a fire!
Those who dared to look back saw it first as two red lights suspended in shadow.
A cold wave slid down their spines, and their breath caught in their throats.
