The subterranean chamber dissolved into total, absolute chaos.
With the central core rune shattered and my royal blood soaking the stone, the ancient binding wards collapsed like dry glass. The cavern roof buckled under the violent pressure of the unsealing process, sending massive boulders the size of armored transports crashing into the abyss below. The ground cracked wide open, forming a yawning, pitch black chasm right through the center of the Vault platform.
From the depths of the rift, the Shadowborn Prime let out a deafening, primal roar that rattled against my ribs, its massive, dark tendrils reaching up to tear at the edges of reality.
"Yes. Feed the rift." Vance howled, his terrifying shadow wolf form expanding as he absorbed the raw corruption pouring from the abyss.
His mo
