บท 525: Trapped

It was hard for Jake to fathom how things could have gotten so out of hand so quickly. Just a few minutes earlier, the Oracle Playground was peaceful and perfectly safe. There was something unsettling about the timing of these monsters.

With the felines in tow, their group was one of the strongest around and they easily made their way to the huge skyscraper in the center of the city where the Yellow Cube stood at the top.

While at first the number and level of Digestors spawning around them was not alarming, Jake and the others soon noticed that the frequency of their appearance was rapidly increasing.

As they crossed another street, a shrill roar exploded from inside a store and several customers fled screaming, followed by a deafening explosion. The flames quickly subsided, but the smoke billowed up to the sky. Inside, shrill cackles of rage and agony chilled their blood.