The Red Witch softly sighed, her voice carrying an eerie calm, "I'm afraid you won't find out... Not today."
With a snap of her fingers, a radiant white light suddenly erupted around Asher and Lori, forming an intricate glowing circle on the ground beneath them. The earth trembled, cracks splintering outward, and then—everything under them crumbled.
The ground beneath them dissolved into dust, revealing a massive gaping hole that pulsed with the same radiant light. Before they could react, the force was instantaneous and unrelenting, pulling them both downward into the void.
Asher's eyes widened as he tried to resist the pull, his gritted teeth barely holding back a curse, "What the—?!"
Lori hissed in distress, her massive form twisting as she closed her eyes against the searing brightness. "HSSSSSS!! This light! It burns! I can't see!"