'What terrifying power...'
Although the shockwave—powerful enough to cause the Annihilation of matter—hadn't physically harmed him due to the Space-Time dislocation, passing through him as if he were an illusion, Roland still felt a tremor of apprehension.
He could clearly perceive the destructive force contained within that attack, a power that bordered on the level of a fundamental Rule.
It wasn't brute force, but rather a "Destruction" Trait, exquisitely controlled and intensely focused.
He quickly raised his eyes and looked in the direction the attack had come from.
The scene before him made his gaze harden.
The once noisy and chaotic perimeter of the fire scene had now become unnaturally "tidy."
All the onlookers from the Lower City District seemed to have been cleared out in advance, vanishing without a trace.
In their place was a ring of grim-faced, fully armed Guards in gray uniforms. They had formed an invisible cordon around the perimeter.
