In Roran's sector, the tense, unnatural standoff finally broke…
The first beast moved.
One of the three Gold-tier mutants, specifically, the Gold 1 monstrosity broke rank in an instant. It launched itself directly at the autonomous tower anchoring the sector, charging ahead of its two companions in a deliberate, probing assault.
The tower did not hesitate. It responded with automated immediacy.
Massive, iron-hard roots exploded outward from the blood-soaked earth. They shot forward like hydraulic spears, violently coiling around the charging beast. The wooden tendrils snapped taut, instantly and completely neutralizing the creature's momentum.
The tower aggressively pinned the monster to the dirt, flawlessly controlling its struggling mass despite the glaring, undeniable fact that, in terms of pure mana-biological rank, a Gold-tier beast should have effortlessly crushed a Silver-tier construct.
