The chamber crackled with tension, an oppressive silence briefly hanging in the air before it shattered with a deafening explosion of power and Ravina's cry, "Aira, don't!"
Aira lunged forward, her white staff blazing with searing brilliance. The sheer intensity of her mana shook the ground, rippling waves of radiant energy crashing against the steel walls, leaving dents and cracks in their wake.
Aira had made sure that her father would build and reinforce this chamber with enough strength so that not even someone of her strength could easily break in. But she never expected someone, especially a demon to just arrive directly within the chamber.
