The situation had changed.
The elimination of one of the formation anchors caused the three remaining vortices to reposition themselves to achieve a new equilibrium.
The churning energy field had weakened as a response. The death energy formation was already performing below normal levels due to various restrictions. The elimination of a key pillar reduced its strength and potency even further.
This difference manifested in the weakening of the dark miasma.
The Saint Commander sighed in relief when the hostile environment no longer tried to press against her Command Field as hard as before.
The dark miasma had also lost a part of its erosive effect. Though it was still harmful for any unprotected people or hardware to get exposed to the negative energies, they were not as dangerous as before.
Yet that did not mean that the main threat had passed.
Casella Ingvar never treated the dark miasma as the greatest source of danger.
