Raegar's words to Rune stopped, drowned by a bone-chilling dread that gripped his soul. At that precise moment, a piercing alarm shattered the air, its wail echoing across the training field.
Ranthar and the Combat Magic Professor sprang into action, barking orders to herd the students to safety, but time betrayed them.
A tear in reality tore open at the heart of the field, its jagged edges pulsing with Devil energy, right where a cluster of girls stood frozen in terror. Raegar's instincts surged; with a sharp ching, his twin daggers materialized in his hands.
In a heartbeat, he cast Flash Step, his form blurring into a streak of light, reappearing in an instant between the girls and the towering menace that emerged. A Tier Eight Devil, its grotesque form radiating raw, unholy power, loomed in front of them.
