The terror of the nuclear explosion persisted for over an hour before it gradually subsided. A ten-kilometer radius had been reduced to scorched earth; the soil, after melting under high temperatures, slowly cooled and solidified into a glass-like substance. The dust clouds lingering in the sky did not clear away for a long time...
With the help of the river's barrier, Lynn, who had survived the nuclear blast, flew out of the rolling waters, and the councilmen were no exception.
"Such terrifying power!" Harrov exclaimed.
They drifted along the direction of the river for seven or eight kilometers, landing in the outermost area of the nuclear blast. However, everything within view was annihilated, leaving behind only the light from blazing fires—a scene straight out of the apocalypse.
