That black light shooting from the enormous hole left by the collapsing ruins struck at Ellie as well. Neither Shade nor the three Chosen Ones had time to react, and naturally, neither did the tiny Unicorn.
The light was more terrifying than any power Ellie had ever seen. Its nature even surpassed "terror" itself. Ellie's education was insufficient for her to evaluate this power of true "doomsday."
But just before the black light could hit Ellie, the Cat's Tail atop the Unicorn's head swayed. The black light that should have struck the Unicorn head-on grazed Ellie's body and flew past, though even so, Ellie was still sent flying.
Judging by the direction, she had not flown far. Instead, she fell toward the area near the elevated Oracle Plaza.
Then dense black lines continuously shot out from the sand-choked opening. Anyone on the battlefield who was careless for even a moment was struck down by them.
Terrifying power spread from the opening over the ruins, then covered the Snow Mountain, affected the entire island, and even seeped into the whole of Starfall Bay, altering the fundamental rules across at least a quarter of the Material World.
A dim yellow pillar of light suddenly shot from beneath the piled yellow sand into the night sky. From that moment onward, every night in the Material World was tinged with a faint, dim yellow.
Beneath the Seer Association, a clock that predicted the arrival time of the apocalypse abruptly ran straight to its end. Within the Five Gods Church, countless elderly people looked up at the night sky. In the Three Great Academies, students staying up late to finish their assignments also witnessed the astonishing sight through their windows.
As for the Hermits of Vesta Woodland, they gathered together to observe the stars, waiting