[Star Nation City – Lower Districts.]
The air in the city hung heavy and stagnant, smelling of ozone and copper. Civilians stumbled through the streets, their faces drained of color, gazes locked on the gruesome tableau scattered across the cobblestones. Bodies lay strewn about—commoners, merchants, nobles—fallen like puppets with their strings cut.
"What is happening?" a woman whispered, clutching her shawl tight.
"Did a fight break out in the city?!"
"Yes! I saw them, a man and a woman!!" a merchant stammered, pointing toward the upper district. "They were so powerful... the sky cracked when they clashed!"
"Gosh, is the Star Nation getting out of hand? I should run to Eldoria. It's the only safe place left."
The commoners muttered amongst themselves, fear spreading like a contagion.
"Hey!! There is a huge hole here!!" A man yelled, standing near the ruins of what used to be a grand plaza. He pointed into a dark, gaping maw in the earth.
