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"Let the sins of this realm be burned away. Let your bones remember the weight of heaven's decree."
The sky answered.
A sharp silence overtook the space between them. The air trembled—not from any wind, but from the pressure that now prepared itself. A hum erupted in the upper atmosphere, and then—without warning—the sky fractured.
Golden pillars of light plummeted from the heavens, the clouds unraveling violently as if repelled by the force of the attack. Dozens—no, hundreds—of beams poured down in a destructive wave. Each beacon of light that fell shattered the ground, vaporized dust, and reduced stone to a melted, scorched mess. Entire sections of the land was transfigured, casting immense shadows across distant mountains.
