The glass shattered inward, raining crystalline shards like diamonds. The creature from the abyss landed in a crouch and lunged, its razor-sharp claws aiming for Lunu's throat.
The two women froze for a split second, the primal fear of a top-tier unfamiliar predator seizing their hearts.
But the fear evaporated the moment Nyra raised her hand, incinerating the creature with just a thought.
Silence returned to the room, broken only by the howling wind from the shattered ceiling.
"That was..." Lunu stared at the dust pile. "Surprisingly weak."
"For us," Nyra corrected, her eyes narrowing as she looked at her hand. "But for a civilian without mana, that thing is fatal."
She walked to the shattered window. The sky above the Transit Hub was tearing apart. More rifts were spiraling open, bleeding violet lightning. From them, thousands of similar creatures were pouring out, descending like a plague of locusts upon the darkened city.
