1064 1064. You win

Noah reappeared behind the escaping Cecil, and his hand squeezed the back of his neck, forcing him to stay still while his companions retreated.

The water puppets had crumbled after Snore's feathers ravaged the river. They didn't have a core inside them, so Noah had guessed that the shining stream fueled those defenses.

His guess had been on point since the puppets, and their abilities lost power once Snore's attack destroyed most of the river. The water directly disintegrated when the feathers crashed on the riverbed, and the cracks spread to ruin the previous orderly shape of the canal.

The Black Hole spell had eradicated the superficial layer of the ground, halting the creation of knights. Most of the buildings had vanished during the explosion, and the mirrors on them suffered from the same fate.