Even Aetheris did not know the full extent of the Hollow Mother's power, yet he understood how the explosion had happened, an explosion vast enough to carve a massive hole into the planet itself.
After all, the way he perceived the world was nothing like how humans did. He was a sword after all, his senses saw things that humans could never see with naked eyes, and so he could feel it in a way no human ever would.
The cause of the devastation lay in the Hollowborns. These were tiny, almost invisible worms, so small they could be mistaken for the mana molecules themselves, merging with the environment ....creating an illusion.
Inside each of hollowborns rested a faint wisp of energy, so fragile it was barely noticeable, and yet they were the primary source of mind control.
Those Hollowborns had self-destructed.
