Jax looked up as dust and ember-light fell from the ceiling. "That's our cue."
"We're done," West stated.
This meant that one ruin had been officially cleared under the name of the Shadow Reapers.
They moved quickly back through the ruin, retracing their path through the burnt valleys, shattered crystal basin, and corpses of the creatures they had slain.
The environment had started losing cohesion with pieces of terrain crumbling into glowing particles as the ruin began collapsing inward. By the time they reached the entrance, the distortion ahead flickered violently like a dying flame.
They all stepped through, emerging into the industrial outskirts near the power plant.
What waited outside was chaos.
Reporters were everywhere with cameras, drones and broadcast vans.
This was regular when it came to ruins within the city... only that sometimes the reporters may arrive much later.
