The air was still trembling from the chaos moments ago, yet now… everything froze.
Every student's eyes were locked upward—at the man floating calmly in the sky, holding back the two merging dungeon cores with a single hand each.
The white and red-blue-green lights struggled to fuse, but Zane Creed's grip was absolute.
And then—
Crack!
He effortlessly split them apart.
The entire chamber quaked as the unstable mana dissipated. One of the cores—the one in his left hand—shimmered violently before Zane simply clenched his fist.
Crshhhh!
The core shattered into countless fragments of crystal dust, scattering into the air like fading stars.
Maera's eyes widened.
He destroyed it just like that…!? she thought in disbelief.
The remaining crystal continued to float, now looking stabilized.
Zane descended slowly, landing on the shattered stone ground, his long coat swaying with the fading gusts of mana.
