"WAIT! THAT GUY... IT'S HIM! IT'S HIDE VOLTER!"
The diagnostician's terrified shriek ripped through the damp air.
For a fraction of a second, the entire customs plaza at Berth Nine froze. Dockhands dropping iron chains, crane operators looking down from their steel cages, and the perimeter guards all turned their heads in stunned disbelief.
Then, instinct took over.
"WEAPONS FREE! ENGAGE!" the captain of the Exterminators roared, his halberd igniting with a thick, violent yellow earth mana. "CONTAIN THE THREAT! DO NOT LET THEM REACH THE GATE!"
CLACK-CLACK-BOOM!
Twenty military soldiers in black armor raised their mana-rifles in unison, their barrels humming as volatile energy condensed to fire.
Behind them, three specialized combatants stepped forward, unleashing their talents.
