Ethan didn't let up for a second.
He steadied his breath and summoned his strength again.
A fresh surge of energy rippled out from him like a tidal wave, crashing straight into the space barrier ahead—the one that blocked everything.
BOOOOMMMMMM—!
The air groaned like some ancient beast, the barrier spiderwebbing with cracks.
But just as the fractures began to spread, the surface of the barrier twitched—then knit itself back together, smooth as silk.
It healed. Instantly.
Ethan's brow furrowed deep.
"Self-repairing…"
Every tear he forced open was sealed shut the next second, the space itself rewriting the damage.
To break through completely, they'd need far more power than they were throwing at it now—and they'd have to keep that pressure constant. Relentless.
Anything less, and the barrier would swallow their efforts whole.
If they kept relying on the Emerald Castle legion to brute-force their way in, they'd burn out long before they made it a single step inside.
