Kaelus did not draw Requiem because he believed that he didn't need a sword for an excavation.
He raised his right hand, his palm aimed directly down into the center of the massive crater.
The ambient temperature in the Ashen Forest, already chilly due to the lack of sunlight, plummeted to zero. The air visibly warped, the moisture instantly sublimating into thousands of floating, razor-sharp shards of black ice.
Kaelus did not gently dismantle the ancient wards or carefully peel back the layers of earth.
He channeled a sphere of glacial destruction directly from his core.
The sphere materialized in front of his palm, glowing with a blinding, icy-blue light that cast long, terrifying shadows across the petrified trees.
"Glacial Detonation," Kaelus whispered.
He thrust his hand downward.
