The Shadow Sect .. the final land to shelter humanity after the Empire failed to survive the last war.
Its towering walls had become the last line of defense, now crowded with soldiers.
Guards remained on constant alert, braced for any potential assault from the enemy.
Security was so tight that even some of the Shadow Sect's statues had joined the watch .. creating a strange coexistence between humans and those cold beings that looked more like machines than living creatures.
Normally, the situation was calm.
The view beyond the walls never changed:
An endless dark forest, and a clear sky that merely shifted between night and day.
The guards had grown used to that sight.
But today… for the first time, it changed.
It happened at the break of dawn .. when the sentries spotted a beam of light approaching from afar at terrifying speed, fear instantly gripping their hearts.
