Glowing

Emery's figure appeared and was flung out of a swirling portal. He had arrived at the surface with such force that he was sent tumbling across the ground until all of his body's momentum was dissipated.

"Annara!"

Without even cleaning himself, Emery quickly gathered his spirit energy and concentrated to create another Spatial Gate to connect him back to the underground prison. Unfortunately, he was unable to do so as his targeted area was severely disrupted by the bursts of spirit energy that resulted from the grand magus' fight.

It was only then that he realized that the situation above ground was actually not much different than down below. Loud screams and deafening sounds resounded in the air, accompanied by a huge smoke cloud blotting out the sun and a blazing fire that burned the Magus Alliance headquarters in the distance.