The two halves of Aura Nova's bisected body hit the ground with a heavy, sickening thud as they fell separately to the left and the right sides. The impact was dull yet final, the kind of sound that lingered unpleasantly in the ears long after it had occurred. Blood pooled outward in thick, crimson streams, spreading across the fractured stone like creeping vines, while organs and innards splattered grotesquely across the earth below, staining the once-clean battlefield with visceral proof of mortality. The metallic scent of iron filled the air, suffocating and raw.
