Chapter 97

The island where the hunters' gathering took place trembled as Lior vibrated his body, trying to regain movement from the paralysis caused by Alyia.

Everyone around remained frozen; after all, time itself had stopped in their perception—or at least, in the perception of Teodoro, who lay beside him in the same state, and any other being moving since the moment Hye disappeared.

Cracks spread across the balcony where they stood, as well as, unbeknownst to him, along one of the rings on his fingers—the pinky ring—and throughout the luxurious building. The tall columns fractured, and every pane of glass, from the smallest to the largest, shattered. The fissure in the artifact extended across the object imbued with power to restrict one’s physical abilities to a certain extent, and a massive crack split the island from one end to the other.

“…That was faster than I expected,” murmured Alyia as she placed Hilary on the bed beside Eudora.