Just as a huge mobilization of human troops was crossing the Molted Range, something equally important was happening deep in the heart of the Monsoon Continent. Although tens of millions of Leviathans had perished across its expanse in recent months, the Leviathan Race's presence in the southern territories was still nothing short of staggering. Waves upon waves of drones covered the ground so densely that they formed a dark sheet over entire mountain ranges and canyons. Their countless bodies created a living, writhing landscape that resembled a monstrous, endless carpet of chitin and flesh.