Chapter 46: The Sky Shattered, and the Void Invaded

🌑 The Sky Changes
That day, the skies above Aerthalia darkened—not from clouds or storms, but from a Dimensional Fracture that tore open above the academy's main tower. Violet-black light spiraled like boiling mist, consuming clouds and distorting the magical field.
> “A Fracture… above us?! That’s impossible…!”— Vice Headmaster Calhoun


There was no alarm. No warning.
The Void was already inside.

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👁️ The Distortion Army
From the rift, the Void’s forces descended.They weren’t human. Not even beasts.They were shapes—twisted forms like shattered black glass, faceless, their voices echoing not in ears, but directly into the mind.
> “This world… is a dead space awaiting deformation…”
“The Void does not come to conquer.The Void comes to erase reality.”


Aerthalia’s elite forces moved quickly—but their spells faltered, space around them unstable. Magic slowed, misfired, or fizzled.

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⚔️ Battle on Campus
Despite not being fully recovered, Myra took to the battlefield alongside Ryn and Garrik.Above them, Angeline hovered in the air, eyes glowing—Voidstep activating on its own.
> “Angie… it’s your heart that summoned this battlefield,” Ryn whispered.


Elaine led the eastern defense, wielding time magic to slow the invasion’s advance.
But amid the chaos, a traitor emerged.

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🕳️ Betrayal From Within
One of the older professors—quiet, reserved—opened a hidden portal inside the academy itself, releasing a full Void unit directly into Aerthalia’s magic core chamber.
> “You don’t understand…The Void is renewal.A healing for a world broken by your greedy magic…”


He was once a dimensional researcher, years ago, before Void studies were outlawed.
Ryn tried to stop him—and would’ve died, had Myra not reacted on instinct, burning the Void core using a sudden, panicked vision.

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🛡️ Angeline Seals the Rift
With pure Voidstep, Angeline entered the dimensional rift directly—and from within, managed to seal part of it, using Lyssia’s relic, secretly entrusted to Calhoun.
But the seal was temporary.
> “This only delays them…They will return.And in greater numbers.”



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🔔 End of the Chapter
Aerthalia was partially destroyed. Dozens of students were wounded, and several mentors had fallen.The magical world finally understood—this was no longer a personal or regional conflict.
> “The Void isn’t just attacking places of magic…”“They’re attacking the concept of reality itself.”


And for the first time, the World Council formally declared a global state of crisis:
“The War of Existence.”
Angeline looked up at the night sky—slowly returning to normal.
> “This is only the beginning…”