Mad, chaotic whispers and mutterings filled her mind, while tangled, bizarre illusions flickered endlessly.
She tried to understand their meaning, but it was all in vain. The next instant, they vanished completely, leaving not the slightest trace behind.
Her eyelashes trembled faintly as her eyes slowly opened, a dazed look surfacing in those sea-blue eyes.
Ausia sat up, frowning as she rubbed her brow, trying hard to recall what exactly had just happened.
The earth had shaken, splitting open with countless cracks. Innumerable crystalline roots, tangled and crisscrossed, had slithered beneath the ground like snakes. Countless unknown dandelion-like creatures resonated with the crystal clusters on the surface, producing chimes like wind bells, and an indescribable impact swept over everything in an instant.
The barrier had meant nothing, as though it had never existed at all.
At the instant the impact struck, it had felt like a breeze brushing against her face.
Ausia's frown deepened. Her memories ended there.
"What exactly happened?"
Ausia murmured to herself, yet she could not remember anything.
Only then did she notice her current surroundings, and she could not help freezing slightly.
The heavens were chaotic, like different paints stirred together in a basin of water. Countless bizarre scenes emerged one after another, with shattered buildings occasionally appearing before sinking beneath the distant horizon.
Desolate and vast.
The place she stood in now resembled the ruins of some ancient wreckage. All kinds of indescribable architectural remnants had crumbled and collapsed, resembling creations akin to spires.
A river flowed in the distance, yet its water was Black Mist, as though some unknown existence lurked within it.
It looked like a scene from a nightmare.
For no reason at all, that thought arose in Ausia's heart.
It defied common sense—strange and absurd.
The sight before her had long