[: 3rd POV :]**
The sky began to split.
It didn't cracked nor did it thundered, it was as though the heavens themselves were peeled open by colossal, unseen claws.
The humongous gates that had manifested earlier now throbbed with power so immense that even the shattered reality around them trembled like frightened glass.
Then it began.
It was a mixture of a roar, a choir, a hu, a gravitational collapse and a bit of cosmic whisper.
First, there was thousands, then tens of thousands and eventually, hundreds of thousands of invaders spilled out of the gates.
There were beings made of star-metal.
Beings made of shadows thicker than night.
Beings made from divine flame, abyssal storms, cosmic nebulae, and impossible geometries.
Daniel watched calmly, hands in his pockets, his eyes gleaming with growing interest.
There were no fear or hesitation in his eyes.
It felt like this was just another day of walking in a park for him.
