"It's fine," Leon said aloud, brushing off the comment as he studied the barrier's endless surface.
"I left a clone to handle everything. And…" he narrowed his eyes, sensing the dormant power behind the seal,
"I don't think the Hallow will be much of a threat."
A soft, ancient chuckle rippled through his mind.
'Famous last words.'
Elizabeth stepped forward, hands weaving through the final arc of the Infinite Barrier Breach spell.
A thin line cracked across the barrier, widening just enough, nothing more than a doorway made for a single step.
Then the corruption hit.
It rolled out like a black tide, thick enough to claw down to the soul.
From the border to the distant domains, everyone felt their bones tighten and their breath turn sharp.
The wave crawled through Pandora, like a raw, starving force that seemed intent on swallowing the world whole.
And then it vanished.
Cut clean, as if it had never existed at all.
