A lot of people on Emerald Castle's side had only just stopped what they were doing when they felt their chests tighten, a dull pressure building.
The other side was coming in hard.
And they weren't here to talk.
Before everyone could even fully make out the formation of that army, a furious voice crushed down first.
"Never thought you low-grade crawling trash would have the guts to come here?!"
As the sound rolled across the air, it carried brutal penetration. It shook the defensive barrier around the ruins until fine ripples spread across it.
Then the voice abruptly rose even higher.
"If I don't slaughter every last one of you today, I'll never swallow this hatred!"
The instant the words fell, violent power began to overflow from the newcomer in an endless surge.
That might spread outward like a breached flood, and wherever it passed, even the atmosphere that had only just stabilized was pressed back into disorder.
In this moment, the pressure above the entire ruin—
