The Umbral Plane was running out of time.
The Eclipse Convergence was not a permanent state of reality. It was a temporary alignment of dimensions.
That celestial timer was rapidly approaching zero. The physical laws of the dark realm began to scream.
Lucifer walked at the center of the thirteen-million-strong Crusade. The invisible spatial highway beneath his boots shuddered violently.
The sky above them was no longer a static, bruised purple. It was fracturing. Massive streaks of blinding white static tore through the atmosphere, revealing the absolute, empty void beyond the dimension.
The thick gray Fog of Deceit did not dissipate; it boiled.
[System Warning: Planar Event Concluding.]
[The Eclipse Convergence is ending. Structural integrity of the Umbral Plane rapidly destabilizing.]
[Time until Dimensional Collapse: 14 Minutes.]
"The gravity is failing," Elara warned. The Valkyrie marched on Lucifer's left flank. She looked out over the vast, open expanse of the Umbra.
