[Gate closure imminent. Prepare to be transported back.]
A notification flickered across Elane's vision, bringing with it a wave of joy and euphoria at a level she'd never experienced before.
'He did it!'
Elane's chest rose and fell in ragged bursts as the notification hovered in front of her eyes like the words of God.
For one beautiful, impossible second, everything else vanished.
The screaming, clawing. The wet sounds of Spike Beasts tearing into unlucky Awakened too close to the entrance. All of it faded behind those simple but extremely meaningful words.
The gate was collapsing. Rohan had done it.
A laugh almost tore itself out of her but disappeared quickly as the pain started to surface. Elane immediately locked her dispersing thoughts down.
The chaos wasn't over yet, not until they were out.
Her eyes snapped back to the heap of beasts piled over the boss's corpse where Rohan had vanished from sight. But there was no human movement — no sign of him.
