Kael's gaze turned serious. His hands formed a seal, and a thin barrier spread around them like a transparent shell.
The world outside turned muffled at once.
Meanwhile, the lightning bullet kept cutting through the sky.
BOOM!!!
A flash bloomed in the distance.
The base's formation barrier tried to rise, layers of light stacking one after another, but it was no match for the prince's attack.
The barrier shattered like glass.
The ground sank.
A deep crater opened where the base had been.
Fire and dirt erupted upward, and a mushroom cloud rolled into the sky.
Kael's face went stiff.
He did not need to look again to know what that meant.
There was no going back.
This was the main base on the plane. Supplies, prisoners, records, staging routes, all of it was there. Now it was gone.
Even if he survived this, punishment would still fall on his head.
Saryx watched the explosion with interest, like he was admiring fireworks. Then he looked back at Kael and smiled.
