Decisive Moment

The fight of Prince Rudolph and Sage Nevar was coming to a depressing conclusion.

Boom!

With a single clap of the prince, the space between him and the Zion cracked apart as if it was a crystal.

The sheer force from the clap rushed through the cracks in space and hit the veteran.

Kacha! 

Sage Nevar's vision blurred as he felt a searing pain throughout his body.

How many hits had he  taken? How many injuries had it been? Could he survive another ten, no, five minutes?

As he sobered up to his very probable death, a question inevitably rose in his mind.

'They said they'll be here, right?'

His chest, ridden with two fist-sized holes, heaved up and down.

He expanded his senses to search for the two women and Daphne. A barrier was isolating him from even seeing their state.

Why would they have a barrier now?

An omnious thought suddenly rose in his mind as he recalled everything that happened so far.