I'd always thought only those man-portable nuclear weapons had an area of effect greater than their range.
I hadn't expected Alpha's magic to be among them.
When the pure white that erased everything faded, the entire underground hall returned to darkness.
"Miluno, turn on the lights!!"
Yuehan's anxious voice came through.
Alpha probably wouldn't have taken herself out, so she must have controlled her output. Neither of them should be dead, but severe injuries were inevitable...
I created several light bulbs on the ceiling, and the place instantly became as bright as day—almost painfully so.
As if remnants of the magic remained, the area covered by World-Cleansing Echo was left with pure white floors, ceilings, and walls. Yet none of the furnishings inside remained. The burning sofas, coffee tables, even the scorched smoke hanging in the air had all been directly erased by Alpha's magic.
What kind of rule did this magic even follow...?
Alpha lay beside the wall, covered in a layer of white herself.
Her skin, hair, and clothes were all snow-white, making her look like a plaster statue.
"Where's Sun Ji?"
I asked, "You didn't kill her outright, did you?"
"Cough, cough... She escaped."
Alpha supported herself with my shoulder and sat up.
"At the very last moment before my magic activated, she opened a portal and left."
"Opening a teleportation portal within the field should interfere with its destination."
As I said that, Terra spoke softly within the sea of consciousness.
"It looked like she went to the other you."
"Hm? How did she manage that?"
"She left a marker on the other you. It seemed she'd planned from the beginning to retreat if she couldn't win..."
That was Sun Ji for you. She always had a backup plan.
Forget her. First, I needed to get