The edges of the cut were as smooth as a mirror, showing traces of carbonization.
The sword-light, its momentum undiminished, grazed past Quentin's headless body and struck the solid alloy wall behind him.
BOOM!
A deep, terrifying boom exploded through the corridor!
A horrifying crater, over half a meter in diameter with molten, twisted edges, instantly appeared on the wall. It bored nearly a meter deep, and the surrounding metal plates buckled and warped, groaning under the strain.
The intense heat distorted the very air, and the acrid smell of burning metal spread.
It all happened too fast, too suddenly.
It wasn't until Quentin's headless body slumped into his wheelchair with a dull thud, and the resounding boom of the pierced wall echoed through the corridor, that the researchers finally snapped back to their senses.
