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Cobalt panes, fractured by time and scarred by millennia of storms, stretched out in every direction like a battlefield frozen mid explosion. The glass shimmered not with beauty, but with threat. Each broken plate caught flickers of distant lightning overhead, refracting pale arcs of silver and white across the uneven ground.
As Kai stepped forward, the soles of his feet rang with eerie clarity.
Clink. Clink. Clink.
Every step sounded like a blacksmith tapping crystal, and even the wind seemed to hold its breath. Hairline fractures spidered outward from each footfall, and in the silence, tiny sparks danced away into the distance. It was filaments of raw static, skittering like phantom insects into the webbed veins below.
A soft chime echoed in his vision.
[Ding! System Message: Region Hazard of Storm Glass Field detected.
Aura Saturation: 125%
Static Discharge Probability: High
