"Too damn bad, you're just too weak"
"You son of a-"
Before she could finish, a sudden coldness fell over the entire mountain peak. Esther, Alex, and Julian froze, sensing the familiar aura that seemed to crawl deep into their bones, and even Njord seemed to tense up upon sensing it.
Not too far away, the other reapers and sages who had been doing their own training also froze in the middle of their actions. All powers ceased under the oppression, as if bowing down under an absolute ruler.
They all turned their gaze skyward, where the protective domain generated by the Imprints on this land had been breached.
A shield and illusion created by not one but rather two Saint-Supreme Star Cores was broken, with black cracks spreading along the brilliant blue sky. From its center, a black mass was rapidly expanding, shaking the earth for dozens of miles.
