NARRATOR

Valeria glanced around nervously as they walked through the passage.

She trusted her daughter, but the negative energy in the mist surrounding them made her hair stand on end.

Aldric squeezed her hand, sensing her unease, and quickened their pace. The end of this tunnel seemed close.

Valeria imagined they might emerge at the battlefield, near the ruins of the Selenian gate.

Though everything had been left in shambles after the explosion that destroyed the seal completely, there shouldn't be anything left… right?

She heard Sigrid’s sharp gasp of astonishment ahead of them.

A bright light flooded their eyes, and her long lashes fluttered as she struggled to believe what she was seeing.

They had emerged onto an open plain. Right now, they stood atop a hill covered in soft green grass, swaying wildflowers dancing with the wind.

Where was this place? And more importantly… who were all those armed people waiting for them?

Aldric tensed. Was this an ambush after all?

His gaze locked