Hastan felt his world coming apart.
He watched the Aegis become visible as it failed, cracks tearing through its vast, shimmering blanket like fissures spreading through ice under unbearable weight, each one widening by the instant, the barrier that had stood between them and annihilation since dawn finally beginning to surrender.
A howling wind swept through the widening gaps, carrying with it the heat and the smell of butchered gore, washing over him and drowning the city in it, a messenger announcing the carnage that was no longer approaching but arriving.
The roars of the rushing Devourer Beasts filled the air, their claws grinding against the earth as they surged forward.
The mechanical hiss of the surviving titans joined the sound, alongside the battle cries and curses of the demon army advancing behind them. The combined noise overwhelmed the senses like a physical force, pressing in from every direction at once.
