Australia's strongest awakened and government officials watched in real time through multiple surveillance feeds as the massive ice dome that had enclosed their champion began to slowly disintegrate. The ice barrier that had resisted their combined assault with casual indifference was dissolving from the top down, each layer vanishing like morning frost under sunlight.
The assembled awakened immediately shifted into combat-ready positions, their enhanced reflexes preparing for whatever might emerge from the collapsing structure. But even as they readied their most powerful abilities, questions raced through their minds with urgent intensity.
"Did that person dispel the barrier himself, or were our attacks finally accumulating enough damage to breach it?" Sarah Windcaller asked through her communication equipment, her talent already building pressure for immediate deployment.
