The absolute suppression of the shadow monarch's existence did not induce panic within the theater of operations; it instituted an absolute acoustic vacuum. A brief silence of a purely oppressive nature, analogous to the temporal interval elapsed between the photoelectric discharge of a lightning bolt and the subsequent propagation of the acoustic shockwave.
The superstructure of the Academy of Heroes continued its sequence of architectural collapse. Floating modules descended along uncontrolled parabolic trajectories due to the loss of magnetic lift, while segments of reinforced masonry orbited certain sectors because of perturbations in the energy-momentum tensor and residual gravitational fields. The outer containment barrier displayed critical discontinuities through which ionizing radiation from the Outer Void penetrated, tinting the remnants of the buildings with a glow of bluish and violet wavelengths.
However, the balance of forces shifted drastically in an instant.
