Ethan didn't rush to jump in.
He immediately sent orders to Emerald Castle—pull all combat power back toward the central region of the world.
The Sky Fortress began repositioning. Powered Combat Armor units fell back inward in sheets. The Fallen Star Guard and the other forces stopped chasing the scattered remnants on the outskirts and instead regrouped fast, reforming a defensive formation around the core area.
Then Ethan flashed and appeared beside Queen Seraphine, hovering in the air.
The entanglement between the two worlds in front of them had reached its limit.
With the golden figure dead, the void-world had been left tugging at itself, its edges still collapsing in slow motion. Elysion's world-force was reacting on instinct, pushing back. Two world-level powers ground against each other—twisting, compressing—until the boundary kept letting out one muffled tearing sound after another. If they let it continue, the seam between the two worlds could rupture completely.
