The world slowed to a crawl.
Amarena had grown better at pushing her senses to match her speed, and those senses told her that behind the orb's unnerving perfection were shadowed structures in the heart of its darkness.
She couldn't see them with her eyes but she could sense them, for they carried the same magical weight as the true soulstones that Kir had taken possession of after the battle with Kainur. Some of those had been given back to keep the demons of his dukedom healthy, but he'd still held onto the vast majority, and now it felt like all of them had been embodied into this impossible sphere.
What horrible thing have you set upon us, Kiryu?
