Yet we continued forward. Because stopping meant Verilux. Then the guardian entered the Portal Field.
The result was terrifying. It didn't navigate or avoid. It simply advanced.
Portals shattered against its body. Spatial storms exploded around it. Reality itself seemed unwilling to interfere.
Then I finally saw all three heads. The sight alone was enough to freeze entire armies. The distance between us had become dangerously small.
"We're running out of time," Silver shouted.
Ahead of us appeared the center. Thousands upon thousands of portals floated throughout the sky.
Some were stable but most not. Every one led somewhere unknown.
Verilux roared.
The entire Portal Field shook. One head opened its mouth. Soul force began gathering.
I could already feel the attack forming. We didn't have time. My eyes swept across the countless portals. Then settled upon one. It looked more stable than the others.
It was not safe but less suicidal.
"That one."
