Before all came to a halt, silence fell as Hajime touched down, landing firmly on his feet, without a single bone broken.
The silence lingered for a moment before it was broken—Liora's body collapsed to the ground. The torrent of mana pouring from her slowly ebbed away, and the three remaining giant swords shattered, their fragments vanishing from the scene entirely.
Her body bore burns in several places, left behind by the mana she had released. At first, it might have seemed impressive to unleash so much of it, and in such great quantity—but what she hadn't known was that her body was paying the price, taking on all the heat from the embers of her own mana.
And Hajime, upon seeing her fall to the ground. He glanced up at the dusty sky for a moment before returning his gaze toward her with his eyes still aglow with the burnt yellow that replaced the crimson from it.
