In Tenebrus city the streets were bustling with activity when the quake hit.
Buildings shook violently, their foundations groaning as stone cracked and windows shattered in the most poorly built structures.
People were thrown from their feet as the ground heaved beneath them, the shockwave travelling across the ground like a monstrous tidal wave.
The stronger, upper echelon of Tenebrus city were immediately on alert, and those who were higher life forms like Commander Murdock could feel the cataclysmic disturbance rip through the very air, as if the world itself was crying out in pain.
"An all out attack of a higher life form!"
The upper echelon were utterly shocked by what they were feeling.
The sheer power of the attack was nearing the level of a Variant class B tier being...
It still teetered on the edge of a Mutant class B+ rank, but it was so close to being Variant level that it feared some of them.
Beings of that calibre rarely ever unleashed an all out attack like that...
Which only made them afraid of finding out what had caused someone like that to go so far...
Frightened citizens stumbled outside, staring into the sky in the direction of the explosion, though the source of the devastation was too far to see.
The horizon flickered with remnants of Alex's fireball, even from such a great distance, a faint but unnatural glow that pulsed like a dying star.
Whispers spread amongst the people, speculation and fear mounting as the earthquake's tremors continued, rolling through the city with relentless force.
The whole city was in turmoil at this point.
The citizens had heard of the kind of power higher life forms held, even hearing stories of some of their own like Commander Murdock fighting off against Higher life form beasts, but those fights had always been so far away from the city that their effect never reached this far.
Only in rare cases throughout the years had tremors from a battle between higher life forms reached the city, and only the older, stronger awakened were still alive to remember them.
"Return to your business, the higher ups will take care of this."
But the excitement and anxiety quickly died down when announcements started spreading across the city informing them that the situation was under control.
Even the city Mayor got involved, of which the city only returned to normal when they learned of this fact.
The Mayor was an A tier life form, if he were to get involved, then everything would be fine.
***
Back at the site of the explosion, the fireball slowly began to collapse in on itself, leaving behind a charred wasteland where even the plant life had been completely incinerated.
It was clear as day what had happened, but Mira's heart couldn't bear to accept it.
Tears flowed from her eyes as her emotions were unable to be contained, flowing out like a storm.
All the while, the King of Evermoor didn't move from the spot it had emerged from.
Mira could only look helplessly at it, unable to even lift a finger or move a muscle.
Her body knew and screamed at her to re enter the Void dimension, but Mira's mind was in an entirely different place, refusing to listen.
Wobble.
Stumble.
But with her eyes still trained on the King of Evermoor, she watched as it started to stumble, falling to its knees, eyes still lifeless, until it fell face flat.
She watched and waited, but no matter what, the King of Evermoor didn't get back up to its feet.
A sense of relief spread through her, subconsciously happy that at least Alex had achieved his goal and saved her.
But the immense grief she was feeling completely overwhelmed it.
Cough!
She even started imagining things.
"Mira!"
It was as if she could hear his voice off in the distance, calling out to her.
But she knew it couldn't be true.
The King of Evermoor was just too strong to overcome without sacrifice.
"Mira!"
She tried to ignore the voice, as it only filled her with pain the more it spoke out to her.
Slap!
"MIRA!"
But the voice just wouldn't stop, and Mira almost felt as if something had just brushed her cheek.
'Huh?'