Overcoming

The cathedral was gone, leaving a gaping void in the courtyard. I stared at the emptiness, my tail twitching nervously, then rubbed my horn in disbelief. Even the cobblestones beneath it, along with its very foundation, had vanished, leaving me standing on soft dirt and unworked rock. The rift in fate seemed to have never existed, but even more shocking was the absence of the Shard of Omniscience. Could something so massive and imbued with mana truly be moved so effortlessly?

The only remnants my realm had left behind were the blood and corpses that had littered the cathedral. They lay scattered where they had fallen, staining the dirt a dark crimson. Many were piled together, having fallen from different levels, but now they formed a macabre heap. My gaze was drawn to two small bodies beneath the space the Shard had once occupied.