The World Announcement was not just text on a screen. It was a declaration of war.
Edward stared at the glowing red words. Time seemed to slow, and the noisy Ashen Market grew quiet.
This was not a random dungeon breach.
Random breaches happened in areas of high magical concentration. Near existing dungeon portals. Or where the veil between worlds was naturally thin. They did not happen in the middle of a quiet, magically inert residential district.
Not unless they were made to.
This was a message. A punishment. A cold, calculated, and exquisitely cruel act of retribution from the one entity that knew his greatest weakness. The Oblivion Core.
