บท 433: Terror's Awakening

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At The Same Time

Kiera stood at the entrance of their camp, watching as her platoon ate their breakfast. Besides her was Lyra, sharpening her blade gauntlets, the light from a flickering holographic advertisement reflecting off them.

The two women were waiting for a signal.

Their first objective wasn't to protect the students, but to stop or at least delay the awakening of an unfathomable terror...

A Behemoth.

Right, a ten-core monster was slumbering in this ruin.

Templar was planning to awaken it and use it to distract Amon, giving them free rein against the professors and students.

They wanted a slaughter, and Emir tasked his army to minimize that as much as possible.

Fate was a tricky opponent, and it was close to impossible to beat, so they certainly had their work cut out for them.

[Emir arrived in the slums. Templar will most likely begin their real attack now.]