The air shimmered as Verel snapped his fingers, and Mikhail's senses immediately flared, anticipating something massive. The space around them began to tear, splitting open with a sound like fabric being rent in half. A portal rippled into existence, stretching wide and wide, its edges crackling with energy.
Verel stepped forward without hesitation, his dark eyes gleaming with purpose, while Medusa followed closely behind, her expression unreadable. Mikhail, a step behind, looked into the gaping portal, his thoughts swirling.
"What now?" Mikhail murmured, his voice low as he took a step into the swirling darkness that lay beyond the tear.
"Now, we walk through," Verel said, a slight grin tugging at his lips. Without a word more, he stepped into the abyss, vanishing into the swirling void.
