Seraphina lifted her head.
"Blades—out!"
Every golden sword shot upward at once.
They pierced the golden barrier first. The moment each blade touched the shield, the barrier opened a tiny channel on its own. As soon as the sword passed through, the opening snapped shut again—no gap left behind.
Once outside, the swords accelerated hard.
Boom!
A huge, circular sonic boom ring burst into existence in midair.
The shock ring expanded outward from behind the sword formation, bumping the shield below just enough to make it shiver. The golden surface rippled briefly, then stabilized again.
Every Stellar Core up there carried power Vhalrath had personally poured into it.
This wasn't a harmless joke anymore.
Vhalrath liked using Stellar Cores to toy with different forms of life. If it hadn't gotten curious and nudged at the wall of space, it never would've noticed Ethan and the others in the first place.
Now, the attack it had left behind covered the entire sky above the cage.
