Hearing the screams from the communication unit, the two of them stared ahead in astonishment, their eyes scanning the vast wasteland, but they saw nothing, only the scorched corpse that had been blown apart earlier.
The soldier asked urgently, "Where is it? I don't see any beast!"
Communicator: "In the sky! Damn! They're coming from the sky!!!"
Their faces turned pale with fear as they looked up into the air.
Above the night sky, a massive swarm of flying beasts surged forth, flapping their wide membrane-like wings. Their numbers were beyond estimation, making the night sky seem devoured by a black storm.
"Woo—Woo—" Soon, emergency alarms blared throughout the Celestial Gate Patrol Station, waking the off-duty soldiers from their sleep. They quickly dressed, armed themselves, and rushed towards the defense walls.
Each soldier arriving at their post was chilled to the bone by the unprecedented scene before them.
