Blasting Off Again

Michael and the others are led through the hallways and into a massive circular room with books lining the walls, each stone shelf standing around 15ft each. Stairs circled around the room which allowed people access to books without having to scale the bookshelves like a rock climber.

In the middle of all of this were many stone chairs and tables set up with Draenei survivors gloomily sitting around. There were men, women, and children present, though, everyone seemed to be civilians or Library staff as opposed to actual warriors. Michael was sure most adults were able to perform magic since it seemed somewhat integral to Draenei society, considering all the magic shit around the place.

Ennura gestures around the huge room, "This is it, all that's left of the Great Library. We had a cataloguing system but it was destroyed when the gems on the first floor were shattered by the invaders... So, you'll have to pick through the place to find what you wish to take." she says, not noticing the steadily growing grin on Michael's face.

"You won't mind if I get started now then?" he asks while holding his hand out and catching the Book of Legends as it materialises in the air.

...

"Yes..." Ennura says, already aware that her expectations had been wrong judging by the stranger's face alone. She holds out a hand which causes a book to fly into it from a nearby bookshelf, "The shelves are enchanted to hand the books to you-"

*WHOOOSH!*

All of a sudden, Michael holds the Book of Legends open and books from the shelves start flying into it before disappearing as if entering a black hole or something. "Hahahahaha! This is really damn cool!" he cackles while slowing turning, sucking up tens of thousands of books. The survivors in the middle of the room have to duck their heads to avoid the book projectiles, while one man actually flies off of his feet as a book slams into his leg... A woman who'd been reading a book gets dragged along and almost crashes into Michael had he not jumped over her at the last moment.

Everyone present watches with shock and some amount of anger as Michael lowers the Book of Legends, he chuckles while blowing at it as if it were a smoking gun. "Well, that was way easier than I'd been expecting..."

...

Ennura lets out a sigh, "All that's left now is for you to keep your end of the bargain. Knowledge for sanctuary."

Michael nods, "And I'll follow through on it, but wouldn't you want to look for survivors first before you leave?" he asks, not really wanting to leave so soon. There was still a lot of EXP to collect.

Ennura shakes her head, along with many of the survivors who were observing their conversation. "No. We need to leave now before the invaders turn their complete attention to wiping out and capturing what's left of the Eredar."

*Ruuuuumble*

A tremor goes through the, causing the Great Library to vibrate and drop dust from the ceiling and now empty stone bookshelves.

"I think we should check that out first then, it takes a while to set up the portal... And getting interrupted at the wrong moment can be... Explosive." he remarks and the Draenei nods.

"Come, we'll check on the balcony." she says, quickly making her way up the stairs as Michael and Irarus follow.

They soon reach the balcony, the blue barrier of the Great Library preventing any flying demons from entering. Another rumble echoes out, and the trio look towards the disturbance, only to find... A building... A building that was literally flying into the sky like a rocket attempting to leave orbit. Or at least, it was trying to. It was meeting massive resistance from a literal wall of demons that were so numerous that they'd blot out the sun in the sky, were it not already obscured.

A red-figure darts through the wall and strikes the building, causing an explosion to ring out as green fire almost blinds the trio momentarily. Them, a second, bigger explosion occurs, unleashing a multitude of colours matching a rainbow in a fantastical display.

"What the fuck is going on..." Michael mutters, confused by all everything he was seeing.

"That must be Velen... It seems he had his own plans for expecting the planet. Plans that they invaders know of." Ennura says, leaning on the rail of the balcony while anxiously watching all of this go down.

*KOOOOOSH!*

Suddenly, a blinding white light illuminates the world, tearing apart the green clouds in the sky and causing all the demons to go still for a moment. This allows the flying building to shoot into the sky, actually managing to escape the hellscape.

"T-they made it..." Irarus utters, shocked and conflicted. The fact that he and the others had just been abandoned by the last of their race weighed on him as if he had the burden of the entire planet on his back. The only thing that kept him from complete despair was Michael and his offer.

*Whiiiiiiistle*

"What's that sound?" Michael asks, glancing around to see what it is.

"Might just be some rubble from the explosion earlier finally reaching us..." Ennura mutters as the group lock onto a few pieces of rock that was crashing against the Great Libary's walls, the rubble not being blocked by the barrier due to what they were made out of...

"What's that yellow thi-Guuggaaahk!" Michael yelps as something smacks into his forehead, throwing him backwards and causing him to flip twice before finally settling. "Ugh..."

"Michael! Are you alright!? Stand up! You can't die until you've opened the portal!" Irarus exclaims, pulling Michael up and brushing the dust from his clothes. "Uh... You've got something on your face." Irarus says, pointing at the thing embedded in Michael's Dragon Priest Mask.