"Success!" Someone in the crowd shouted at the sight, and everyone immediately erupted in cheers.
"Success!"
"It really worked!"
The Blue Robe Man held his staff and looked around the venue. Listening to the cheers, he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself.
Afterward, the Blue Robe Man made a silencing gesture and said, "Everyone, to be honest, this is only half a success. Only after I reach the other side of the Space Hole, arrive at the most distant plane in history—even the edge of the void—and find out what lies there, can it be considered a complete success. So, wait for my good news. I'll be back soon."
As he spoke, the Blue Robe Man stepped toward the opened Space Hole and tried to enter it.
Just then, the Space Hole suddenly trembled. Before the Blue Robe Man could react, something fell out ahead of him.
What fell out was a milky-white ball of light, around a meter in diameter, which crashed straight into the Blue Robe Man.
Then, the parts of the Blue Robe Man's body that came into contact with the milky-white light—including one leg and nearly half his torso—vanished instantly, as if dissolved by powerful acid.
The Blue Robe Man froze. Everyone in the square froze with him, clearly never having imagined such a thing would happen.
After a full second or so, the Blue Robe Man screamed in agony and collapsed to the ground. Only then did the people around him begin to react, blinking as they realized something was wrong.
After "devouring" part of the Blue Robe Man's body, the milky-white ball of light seemed to have been charged. It began expanding bit by bit as it approached the fallen Blue Robe Man. ****** Even if he had been cut in half at the