Not a single place had toppled, which helped to keep any casualties to a minimum. One of the great benefits to building the area in the way they had was that most if not all of the structures were more than built, they were Runecrafted. When everything settled, Dale calmly stood up, helped Hans and Rose to their feet, and stepped outside. The air was roaring with strange sounds, like thunder mixed with a forge as the tide came in. The shaking didn’t subside right away, continuing at the same intensity for nearly a full minute. The room they were in shook so violently that the windows fragmented and lost their glass. Been hitting the cultivation pretty hard after we worked out that… thing.”ĭale smiled with a hint of relief, Hans sometimes liked to mess with him to see what would happen. “Listen, sorry you haven’t been seeing much of me lately. “I have no point of reference, Dale.” Hans lifted his pint and drained it, smacking his lips as it finished. “Perhaps most of this will miss us and we will simply get a few extra landmasses out of the deal?” “Hans, do you think we are getting scared for no good reason?” Dale asked his friend as soon as they were in a more private location. Thirty minutes passed, and people began to disperse in relief. That should have landed in the ocean, since the entire world was a single landmass with only a few islands dotting the rest of the sphere. Nothing seemed to happen over the next few minutes.

Was the moon full of fire Essence? That explained why it was so bright at night, but… the flaming object vanished over the horizon. The chunk of the moon seemed to catch on fire, making everyone gasp.

It certainly wasn’t the largest chunk, maybe a few miles wide, and it was only moving a little faster than gravity would normally bring it down. No one knew what was about to happen, and the portal wasn’t operational. He had seen shooting stars before, but this was… different. Dale stood on the edge of Mountaindale with nearly every person that lived on the Skyland, watching as the first chunk of the moon came close enough to fall to earth.

Eternium rose