Finally, the Rift exploded. Oddly enough, a brilliant blue/white flash exploded, destroying the entire army of demon invaders. . . transmuting them all into ash. At the same moment, it seemed as if the protagonists could feel a mysterious presence watching over them, but could not contact with, not telepathically or with any means. He, she or maybe it didn't want to talk, not right now, at least. At this same moment, the Balrog also transmuted into ash. Finally, the temporal distortion of the building reset. The whole party could feel themselves being transported back into time, and now the protagonists could see they were in the same location, around an hour and a half before the battle. Lucian was not yet present there.