Loccy crossed the ravine before the portal finished swelling, carrying Hajin's warning toward Juna without wasting time on another question.
Hans struck two shields near the bridge, sending his barrier team toward the field road while he pointed the clinic drivers away from town.
"Take the irrigation cut," he shouted, limping after them with his spear raised, "leave the main road empty before that Gate opens."
The opaque surface stretched across the ravine, then split around a plated head wider than Ferra's furnace mouth.
Four hooked legs found the bank beneath it, dragging a body covered in purple root armor through the opening.
The apex stood taller than the registry roof once its spine unfolded, though half its corruption remained connected to the Gate behind it.
Three hounds spilled around its legs while winged bodies forced their way through above them.
