High above the Academy buildings, the Security Command Room was heavy with silence.
Outside the tall windows, the bruised sky poured purple mist over the jagged ridges of the Sealed Valley. Below, the Academy grounds spread out, old halls, large dorms, and wide training fields, all sitting like easy targets on the high ground.
Further out, surrounding the Academy on three sides, were the towers and wide streets of Aegis Prime.
Between these two worlds was the huge valley, a dead, sunken stretch of land where the trees had turned black and rotten. The Cradle of Tears lay buried under thousands of beasts pouring out from the floating Grade 8 Gate above.
And along the western ridge stood the barrier wall, the only thing keeping the city from being destroyed.
