Lukas, Melody, and Karrakas dashed forward through the smoke, holding their formation as they ran.
Their layers of [Hex Shields] were stacked around them like armor for protection.
Everywhere they looked, all they could see was destruction stretching in every direction.
Whatever had happened, it had reduced the buildings to rubble, with the streets cracked open and unrecognizable.
Visibility kept dropping the further they went.
The explosion had wiped out every lamp lining the streets, leaving them to navigate by feel as much as by sight.
All they could make out clearly was the wreckage scattered beneath their feet, which wasn't limited to just broken stone and twisted metal.
Strangely, no beasts came for them. It was as if all the beasts within range had also been killed by the explosion. As if not a single one had survived.
"We're close," Karrakas said as they ran. "The innermost room of the main clock should be just ahead."
