Selene stared at the massive corpse, then at Moon, her face pale and her hands still trembling from channelling so much magic in rapid succession.
"Moon..." she started, then seemed unable to find words.
Moon slowly got to his feet, his legs shaking from exhaustion and adrenaline. His mana was nearly depleted. His body ached from the electrical current he'd channelled through himself. Every muscle felt like it was on fire.
But they were alive.
Against all odds, despite everything this cursed realm had thrown at them, they were alive.
The hidden realm completion notification hung in his vision, but Moon barely registered it. He was too busy trying to process what had just happened, trying to understand how they'd actually survived.
Selene took a shaky step toward him, then another, until she was close enough to grab his arm—perhaps to steady him, perhaps to steady herself.
"We did it," she whispered, disbelief evident in her voice. "We actually did it."
