The entire Realm trembled violently, shockwaves rippling outward like the angry throes of a waking titan. Even the distant lands beyond the Ice Continent felt the unsettling quake, as something ancient and long-buried deep within the frozen land began to stir.
Kiara clung desperately to her Uncle Akh'sha's thigh, her small hands trembling, her boots slipping across the fractured ice as the ground beneath her heaved and groaned.
On the battlefield, the clash between the Shadow Army and the Ice Golem legions came to an abrupt, jarring halt.
Warriors on both sides stumbled and faltered, confusion spreading like wildfire through their ranks as the land itself rebelled against their war.
From his vantage point atop a shattered ridge, Taufik narrowed his eyes against the swirling snow and biting wind, forced to retreat several steps as the sheer force of the disturbance pushed against him like a living wall.
Then it came.
