The world didn't literally turn black like a blackout, but everything became shadows.
The sky blurred into a trembling curtain of darkness, the ground melted into a shifting field of ink, and even the trees warped into silhouettes without detail.
It felt like they were standing inside a living abyss… almost like they were submerged in another dimension entirely.
All they could clearly see was Wendy.
And she finally moved.
The monstrous figure that had previously guarded the cave without twitching suddenly bent her limbs backward like a puppet snapping its strings.
Then, without warning, her whole form collapsed into a wisp of living shadow… a streak of darkness sharper than an arrow and blasted toward them at a speed that broke the sound around them.
"Move!" Mira shouted, her instinct taking over before thought.
