Omniscient POV
The second dimensional tear ripped open like a wound in the sky, and instantly everything went wrong.
"They're ready for us!" Aiden shouted as Void Walkers poured through the hole, but these weren't the mindless shadow creatures they'd fought before. These moved with deadly purpose, making battle lines and using weapons made of crystallized darkness.
Lily flashed back into her unstable form, her brief moment of clarity gone. But even as she phased in and out of existence, she fought with desperate rage. Her magic sparked wildly, sometimes hitting enemies, sometimes going harmlessly through them when she wasn't solid enough to affect the physical world.
"The sealing spell isn't working!" Sage screamed over the chaos, her hands sparkling with witch magic as she tried to close the tear. "They've corrupted the dimensional fabric somehow!"
Elder Iris fell first.
