Staff from other palaces were helter-skelter when the explosion occurred. The ground shook violently. Some ran outside to see the source while some hid in their rooms. The ones, who had run out, witnessed fire and smoke bleeding out from the broken South Palace. The roofs had caved in and the balconies had ripped off. The water sprayed from the inside. It flooded the entire palace compound. Overall it was a maze of slabs, brick, dust and debris. Destruction was written everywhere.
Some of the debris had landed in the adjoining palaces. Isidorus' palace was right near Ziu's and it was affected majorly. The rubble from the explosion had stretched across to his palace. Especially his garden. All the ramblers that he had planted so affectionately had splayed on the ground.
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