The young man's knees buckled instantly. He was slammed face first on the ground, but no one could be seen pushing him down. It was as if he had fallen on his own.
He wasn't the only one either. The girl near him had also fallen, her face growing deathly pale.
The snow beneath the young man compacted into a sheet of ice in a fraction of a second, the sheer pressure made his face darken.
He tried to push up, his muscles bulging and his teeth clenching, but the gravity disk didn't care about his willpower.
Every time he appeared to raise his head even an inch, the device increased the gravity even more, pinning him flatter.
A few yards away, the woman cried out. She too felt the crushing weight. The Seraphim Protection Ring around her neck swung wildly. It caught the light, glowing faintly but it remained cold. It didn't recognize her. It didn't offer her its protection.
Leo stepped out of the light.
