Once the formation was set, everything happened so fast that both Quasi-Myths weren't able to overcome their disbelief, and before they could react, the next moment, the world inverted without any spatial transition!
There was no sense of movement or teleportation; in one instant, the two Quasi-Myths were trapped within the runic sphere aboard their stealth craft; the next, they were kneeling upon a cold, obsidian-black platform inside the Zodiac Night Federation's flagship.
Their knees struck the ground not by force, but they appeared right in that humiliating position. Not only that, but runic chains were wrapped around their bodies like living serpents, each link carved with layered inscriptions that pulsed in synchronized rhythm.
These were not ordinary restraints, as every rune was a refined extraction array, draining not just energy, but law, and siphoning fragments of their very Mythic foundation.
