[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: The Deathless Fortress]
A sound tore through the area, an immense, percussive blast, like a dozen cannons going off at once, each folding over the next before the echoes had time to settle. The fortress walls buckled under the force as Koschei's body was hurled through them, stone exploding outward in chunks that spun through the air beside him.
He didn't even have time to scream.
His body hurtled out of the corridor and into the open air of the courtyard. Blood geysered from his throat. He crashed down onto the cracked stone path with a nauseating crunch—an impact heavy enough that even the Deseruit Beast, raging not far from him, briefly flinched at the noise.
Then came the pain.
