Down on the east side of Creston, there was another shift in mana, but this wasn't something the association would pick up immediately.
A dark, malevolent portal had torn through the fabric of space and time, opening a rift in the city. It was causing an imbalance in the area. Distorting reality around it, all the stray animals in the area took shelter, running for their dear lives.
If listened to closely, blood-curdling shrieks could be heard coming from the portal, like the wails of a thousand lost souls crying for help.
Two beings appeared out of nowhere- Cerion and Callous. Immediately, Callous pulled out a staff, trying to hold back the rift.
"Hold them, Callous!" Cerion was conjuring a mana pool, he was about to cast a spell to hold in the beings that were trying to break into the mortal realm. The brothers were having a hard time even holding the spatial portal down.
