Chapter 74: Through the gate.
After the lengthy speech Lunax sat down on the top of the arch, and closed his eyes. For a couple of breaths nothing happened, but then he joined his palms in front in a praying position, and his whole body began to glow with a purple hue.
"Get ready!" Roganax, along with the other instructors, commanded while the vanguard forces already stood in neat rows next to the rift gate.
Younglings were more disorderly, but fortunately the lengthy training kicked in and they quickly imitated their older colleagues.
It took some bumping and pushing for the trainees to get in the proper formation, and when Lee could focus his attention on Lunax again, the purple glow around the elemental lord was much more intense. At this point it was almost as if the God burned in purple flames.
The one man performance was an impressive spectacle and the crowd, even the seasoned vanguard soldiers, watched it, holding their breaths. And while initially Lee was more interested in the whole rift concept, even he forgot himself when Lunax slapped his palms on the gate and a large, a dark-purple rift appeared in front of the army.
At first one might've thought it was only an illusion – there was no distinct sound, nor were there spatial ripples.
Contrary to Lee's expectations, there were no indicators of rift appearing, at least he didn't notice any, but there was no time to become disappointed because the vanguard stormed through the gate, and the younger generation of warriors followed.
For a split moment the increasingly annoying Raixoo!!! like a loud explosion deafened Lee, and rushing through the gate blinded him right after. By now he already knew that the first time he went through the rift he didn't experience a brief moment of dizziness – he was actually out for a while, and only regained his senses at the registration point.
This time, though, Lee followed Roganax's teachings, loudly roaring the battle cry along with the others.