Velvet POV
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The sky turned black.
Velvet's wings snapped wide, the wind shrieking against her armour as she twisted midair, eyes following the monstrous spear of shadow that tore through the barrier like parchment. For one heartbeat, she thought it would impale her directly.
Instead, it punched into the inner wall.
The explosion drowned her world in darkness and the screams of her allies.
Her ears rang, the shockwave throwing her across the sky, and the heat gouged her back. Chunks of stone and shards of steel screamed past her as the impact ripped the wall apart, swallowing dozens of demon knights in fire and smoke.
"Velvet!" someone screamed below. Yumiko? Vinea? She couldn't tell. Her vision blurred, the air trembling with divine pressure.
She tried to respond, but only hot air came from her cracked lips.
Damn it!
