The rupture pulsed and its jagged edges flared as each new aberrant forced its way through.
The cobblestones around it warped, buckling under the pressure.
The first wave came quickly and human-sized aberrants rushed out.
Their limbs were too long, torsos were twisted, and skin was filled with a patchwork of dark chitin and raw sinew.
Their eyes glowed in mismatched hues, each pair locked hungrily onto the fighters.
A tall student with crimson hair was the first to meet them.
She dashed forward, her spear wreathed in crackling orange ether, and thrust it through the skull of the nearest creature.
SQUASSSH!!
Another girl to her left swept her arm in a sharp arc, releasing a wave of compressed ether that hurled two aberrants back.
Brandon moved before the third could even adjust its path.
A flash of steel glinted as his twin daggers came free from his storage ring.
