The charges detonated.
All twelve went off at once.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The blast hit the square from three sides, sending a wall of pressure through the ruins. Every weakened structure dropped almost at the same time. Support columns snapped, walls folded inward, and entire floors came crashing down beneath their own weight.
Three blocks of Oakhaven were leveled in less than three seconds.
A massive cloud of dust rose into the air, swallowing the square and turning the rain into a dirty mist. The collapse echoed through the empty streets, bouncing between the remaining buildings until the whole city seemed to rumble beneath the force.
Holden was already moving.
The 10,000x processor had calculated the collapse pattern before the first charge went off. By the time the second building hit the ground, he had already used Void-Step to reach a rooftop three blocks south.
Shhp.
