Zephyria burst through the final layer of the mantle.
The suffocating, claustrophobic walls of the magma tunnel vanished.
The floating city erupted from a massive, dripping waterfall of molten rock and plunged into an impossibly vast, empty expanse.
The blinding, aggressive heat of the earth's crust disappeared instantly.
[System Warning: Environmental Shift Detected.]
[Location: The Hollow Core (Nihilanth's Nursery).]
[Temperature: Severe Drop. Ambient Abyssal Corruption High.]
Lucifer stood on the high balcony of the central keep. He didn't activate Zephyr's Grace to slow the city.
He tapped his comms rune. "Sarah. Level us out. Arrest the descent."
"Engaging stabilization thrusters, Lucifer," the Oracle replied from the Spire, her voice tight against the sudden shift in gravity.
The Aether-Nova Engine roared, firing massive, concentrated bursts of blue and purple energy from the lower thrusters.
