Vadim PoV
The blinding flash of golden Taeyang light and crimson crystal had barely begun to fade from my eyes before the triumph in my chest turned to lead.
For a single, breathless second, the battlefield below was dead silent. We had done it—shattered the abyssal beam at the Cathedral of Origin and sent a wave of pure, unyielding light roaring through the gloom. I was still breathing hard, a wide, triumphant grin plastered across my face as I looked up toward the clouds where Kaguya Castle hovered like a blood-red diamond star.
Classic Eiro, I'd thought, chuckling under my breath. Always has to make a theatrical entrance.
Then, the floating fortress shuddered.
