The first explosion shattered the air like breaking glass.
Bodies of crystal hurtled toward them, reflecting the crimson light of the underworld's eternal dusk. Each step the creatures took rippled the air as if reality itself screamed under the strain.
Sylvia raised her right hand, and from the black earth beneath her, something answered her call.
"Come."
The word was soft, almost a whisper yet the ground trembled violently.
From her shadow, black chains slithered upward, coiling like serpents awakening from ancient slumber. Their links shimmered faintly, engraved with glowing runes that pulsed like living veins.
Just as the first Erebion Shard dove toward them, the chains shot outward with lightning speed.
CLANG!
Metal met crystal followed by bursts of blue light and showers of glass-like fragments dancing in the air.
One, two, three crystal beings shattered instantly, their bodies crumbling into glittering dust that dispersed into the mist.
