A loud crack suddenly ran through the air, spiderwebbing across the sky before the entire reality shattered and fell away, revealing the world as it truly was.
When that happened, Cedric saw himself standing somewhere different from where he had been lying when he reached out to touch the weapon.
At that moment, he was hit with a wave of intense pain because he was in no condition to stand. But the adrenaline rushing through him made him ignore it as he quickly looked around.
The battle which had been raging everywhere continued in the same manner as it was in the fake reality, as if nothing had changed.
But something had indeed changed.
In the fake reality, Goldie had been holding onto Uriel some meters away, but now, Goldie was suspended several meters in the air near him. She seemed to just regain control over her body, which had been floating on its own.
