The sound was like a cannon blast.
Selphira didn't even have time to react before her body was ripped from the air. The force struck her like an invisible sledgehammer, sending her hurtling backwards. Her shoulder and ribs screamed in protest as the world became a blur of stone, dust, and sky.
She hit the lower coliseum wall with a thunderous impact.
BOOM!
Stone cracked and splintered beneath her, the ancient reinforced masonry breaking apart like it was nothing. Chunks of wall exploded outward, tumbling down into the seats below. Dust swirled into the air in thick clouds, blotting out the sunlight.
Her glasses slid down her nose from the shock. One lens split with an audible crick, a spiderweb fracture racing across the glass.
The world around her was still trembling.
"Ohhh my~," she murmured, her tone almost playful despite the small pain radiating through her frame. A low smile tugged at the corners of her lips. "Didn't think it'd be this hard."
