...he raised his crystal cane to tap the black Silencer artifact a second time, and the world broke.
CLINK.
The artifact activated a second sub-audible pulse.
The physical pressure hit the air and shoved the red digital static outward from the black sphere.
The glitching polygons chewed through the dirt road and slammed into the silver dome of Zorya's counter-shield.
The silver magic buckled.
Zorya screamed through the communication rune painted on Raziel's collar.
The sound carried raw physical agony.
Raziel heard thick blood dripping onto her parchment down in the East Basement.
The unchained Inscriptor pushed her core to the absolute limit and forced the architectural shield to hold the line against the deletion code.
The silver dome stabilized.
The red static stopped advancing and ground to a halt against the ancient magic.
Elector Mordecai stopped tapping his crystal cane.
He turned his head toward the western tree line and noticed the disruption.
