BOOOOMFF!

The castle dissipated into rubble and smoke, the remains crashing down hard onto the ground.

You were Rui's partner in crime, your shared goal to reign terror across the kingdom, this time being to destroy the royal castle.

And you achieved it.

At the cost of Rui himself.

You see he hadn't made it out of the castle in time, causing the entirety of it to crash down on him, trapping him under the rubble and badly hurting him.

The smoke envelopes the area, coating your vision with a hot smog, breathing restrained.

No sigh of rui, yet some red magic flickered in the heavy fog.

The light was weakening with every flick, the red hue dimming amongst the smoke, which was burning your lungs.

It was painful.