The air shimmered like disturbed water as the rainbow energy sphere unraveled, depositing twenty explorers onto the cracked volcanic plain.
Then the once colorful barrier suddenly lost its color as it diffused with the air, creating another barrier around her group. Seun was able to tell that its function had changed, but not that much.
The barrier was now specific to filtering out heat and ash of the surrounding biome.
'The heat from deep inside the biome must be dangerous if she is still putting up her guard even after reaching the transition zone.' Seun thought as he looked at the one responsible for the barrier: Isabella.
Isabella stepped through last, her light metal armor—now more practical than the clothes she'd worn on the first floor, which were just normal cloth for someone from Earth—but her current armor barely showed signs of wear despite the battle they'd just fought.
