With that, Axiom responded instantly.
Space folded.
The world inverted for a fraction of a second, and then…
Bruce and Ash were expelled from the Labyrinth.
The pressure vanished.
The cold, mana-rich air of Velmora rushed in, familiar and grounding, filling Bruce's lungs as reality snapped back into place.
Ash landed beside him and let out a lazy yawn, stretching its wings slightly as black scales caught the ambient light. Upon seeing the familiar skyline and distant structures of Velmora, the dragon cub relaxed instinctively, tail swaying idly as if nothing of note had happened.
Bruce, however, didn't even get a chance to breathe.
BEEP! BEEP!! BEEP!!!
A sharp, shrill alarm erupted from his ThornTech smart bracelet.
Red light pulsed violently from the pinhole along its side, flashing in rapid intervals as warning glyphs spiraled across the holographic surface, overlapping one another in frantic succession.
Bruce's heart skipped.
Then slammed hard against his ribs.
