The Aether-gravity tunnel dissolved just as quickly as it had formed. In a flash, they were thrown back into the messy, chaotic reality of the physical world.
They stepped out onto a thin, rocky ledge right above the Abyssal Trench. Everything about the place was intense. The air smelled like harsh chemicals and sulfur, and you could really feel the heavy, crushing weight of the Void Singularity nearby.
Down below, the ground looked like a broken volcanic wasteland, with plates shifting around and deep cracks glowing with a strange purple light.
Deep in the trench, thousands of mutated Void Beasts were swarming the area. These creatures looked like twisted, multi-limbed monsters made of pure decay, and they hammered away at the collapsing front line without stopping.
At the heart of the chokepoint, Valeria was nothing but a streak of golden light and ruined fabric. She fought with a desperate, frantic intensity.
