"Reality bends to my will. Your dimension submits."
The voice spoke in harmonics that bypassed hearing and struck directly at consciousness. Above the dimensional tear, something that defied human perception emerged like living shadow given terrible form.
The demon commander's arrival sent shock waves through both physical and magical planes. Windows throughout the central district exploded simultaneously. Street lights burst in cascading sequences. The air itself screamed as natural laws bent under pressure from an entity that operated by different rules.
Leon felt his system interface flicker wildly as the creature fully manifested. Error messages scrolled past faster than he could read. Power readings spiked beyond measurement. His twenty spectral warriors had already collapsed, but something strange was happening to his core abilities.
"Elise, can you still heal?" Leon asked urgently.
