Amy and Jake's squads, composed of Players, emerged unscathed, yet they couldn't shake off their overwhelming shock. They had mostly gauged the lifeforce and Lumyst cultivation of the war beasts correctly, but the explosive charging speed under such gravity was beyond their wildest expectations.
In fact, one of Amy's lower-ranked Players, a Rank 11 Aerelian named Zerei, was blindsided, crushed, and rolled over by a pair of rampaging Mumak-chariots before he could even react. He was barely hanging onto life.
"I… didn't expect to get hammered like that," the frail Aerelian grimaced, coughing up blood between short, ragged breaths.
Happy New Year's Eve! Maybe no chapter tomorrow.