Sebastian stood in the center of the frozen intersection.
The silence of the frozen city block was a huge difference to the chaos that had been raging just seconds before.
Hundreds of Void Crawlers that were once terrifying apex predators were now nothing more than brittle ice sculptures.
"Well," Sebastian muttered and kicked a frozen spider leg that snapped off with a satisfying TINK. "That takes care of the pest control."
He looked up at the red sky. The massive Abyssal Gate still hung suspended over Downtown Metropolis.
It pulsed with a purple light and released a steady stream of corrupted mana into the atmosphere. The smaller spiders had stopped pouring out but the gate was not closing. If anything the tear was slowly stretching wider.
"Boss," Wraith's voice crackled over the comm-link. The Assassin sounded strained. "The drones... the atmospheric pressure readings around the gate are spiking. Something else is coming through."
