The feeling of death pressed down on every single inhabitant of Freehold, halting every movement totally. But after a split second, the feeling disappeared as abruptly as it had come.
Lots of people, especially the non-combatants hiding in safeholds, fell to the ground gasping for breath in terror. Even the fighters had a hard time standing, as they tried to steady their rapid heartbeats.
It had been only a split second. They'd all felt that aura for a split second, and yet they were all this shaken.
Lionel, who was about to finish off Veronica after his speech frowned in shock, before a realization dawned on him and he made a short spatial jump out of the building and into the open, staring up at the sky above.
Every single person out in the open was doing the same as he was. They all stared up at the figure that floated in the sky beyond the barrier that had just relieved them of that oppressive aura.
