Red reflected Van's eyes as the cracks that crawled like a web on the infrastructure that guarded the River blew up in flames. With all the bridges of light all disappearing at the same time, Van no longer had the choice of traveling to any of the other realms.
The only thing he could do was run back, dodging the small pieces of gold that spew from the sudden explosion. He gritted his teeth as he jumped from one huge debris to another, trying not to be swallowed by the explosion.
Outside the River, Lorei could not help but also run for her life as the explosion threatened to burn her. If it wasn't for the other giants that were there, who managed to pull her when she tripped, then she would have definitely become one of the Ash giants, and not in a figurative way.