With the fall of the woman, many of the awakened there were left in a state of varying emotions. Aren stood there watching all of them. He had no care for their feelings or that he had gone too far. All that mattered to him now was that he got back to the gates and went into the domain.
His shadows continued their attack, using the moment of shock of the awakened to attack with even more vigor. They pushed back the awakened and forced a path through.
"Let's go," Aiden said. They could not stay and worry about what Aren did for longer. They had to move. The group rushed through. Zero created a space around them to ensure that no attack hit them.
The shadows did their best to force the way to stay open. The awakened began attacking with their strongest attacks. Explosions ripped through the air, everything trembled, the ground cracked beneath their feet, and houses around them began collapsing.
