Harold couldn't quite concentrate as terror consumed his mind, so he only managed to teleport everyone a few kilometers away from Malta.
They landed on a barren, rocky island barely a kilometer in diameter.
Sera spent a moment looking around the island, then unconsciously, her head snapped towards the eastern horizon.
The ground rumbled, and the island cracked as the loud explosion echoed in everyone's ears, blasting their eardrums to pieces.
Agnes took the shockwave especially bad. Her agonizing scream went unheard.
First the earthquake went through below their feet. Next came the explosion's sound, bringing temporary deafness to everyone. Then came the heavy wind, which nearly pushed them all off the island.
Finally, they saw the towering cloud of pure energy reaching up into the sky, covering the horizon in grayish dark flames.
