The Demonic Sword pierced through Salvius—and kept going, impaling him through the magical barrier behind. The barrier screeched, warping under the raw, violent surge of power channeled through the blade. Flames of black and crimson danced along its edge.
And then—
BADOOOOOOM!!!
The air trembled with a silent dread as the enormous cylindrical barrier that had encased the legendary Pharos of Alexandria began to fracture. Thin, glowing cracks laced across its ancient surface like veins of light spidering through crystal. Then, with a soundless eruption that seemed to mute the world itself for a single heartbeat, the entire barrier burst outward—shattering like fragile glass caught in a tempest.
The shards disintegrated into motes of fading energy before they even hit the ground, leaving only astonished silence in their wake.
