Vern Kael raised the sword in his hand.
The moment the blade lifted, the space in front of him began to distort. It did not crack loudly or shatter like glass.
Instead, it folded inward, slowly collapsing into itself as if something unseen was pulling it from the inside.
A dark tear opened in the air.
Without hesitation, Vern Kael stepped forward.
His figure slipped into the broken space, vanishing completely as if he had never been there to begin with.
For a brief moment, the sky stood empty.
Then…
He appeared right in front of Indra.
There was no delay between his disappearance and his arrival.
One instant he was gone, and the next he stood within arm's reach of the god, his sword already in motion.
Indra's eyes flashed.
Before Vern Kael's blade could fall, thunder struck.
A violent bolt of lightning crashed down exactly where Vern Kael had appeared, the sound tearing through the sky like a roar.
