Hyun-Ah PoV
[Meanwhile, The Taeyang's Hidden City]
I stared at the vortex at the very bottom of our underground home. No abysmals had gotten though yet, but it was only a matter of time. I doubted that Abyssia would only target the one in central Kuroriku. Especially if Reginald was also involved in this.
My grip tightened around my spear shaft until my knuckles ached. Hyun-woo, Ailia, and Eumhun were both fighting in the front lines, while I had to stay back here. I wanted to help. To do something. I was the future Matriarch. Hyun-Woo should've stayed home, not me.
Alas, with the number of fighters left behind here, we needed some elite warriors to stay back. Plus, I had my daughter to worry about. She wasn't even a year old. But Eumhun herself was a mother and was still in the thick of things.
The Great Vortex pulsed again, a violent throb of dark energy that sent a low tremor through the bedrock and straight up through the shaft of my orichalcum spear.
