Fssssss.
Debris falls.
Shards kept dropping from the sky, and the dust running through the air looked twice as thick as usual.
The once-bright sky had turned drab and gloomy, and the clouds had massed so densely they smothered what little light remained.
Rumble-! Rumble!!
Lightning qi seeped through the clotted clouds.
The ominous sky was the first thing that met the eye.
The once-green plain was wreathed in flames, the stench of char thick in the air.
The meadow—and the forest that had been so full of life—had vanished across the whole stretch.
What had happened?
I couldn’t tell.
Fssssss.
Amid the thoroughly burned wreckage, someone staggered. A figure buried in the dirt was barely pushing himself upright.
“Ggrrk…”
The one rising, bleeding, was the Turtle.
“Kehk… kehek…”
As the spent Turtle struggled to his feet, something flew in and nailed him.
Thwuck-!!
“…!!”
He couldn’t even scream before he was pinned to the ground again.
“Revolting.”
The owner of the spear hurled at the Turtle spread his wings and…