The impact sent it staggering backward through two collapsed buildings before it finally caught itself.
For a moment, dust and debris hung so thick in the air that Jin couldn't see anything at all, the whole street swallowed in grey. Somewhere off to his left, he heard Hyun and Chul hit the ground hard, both of them rolling clear on instinct, and relief flickered through him even before he could confirm either of them was actually still breathing.
Then, slow and deliberate, a single massive foot came down through the cloud, cracking the pavement beneath it, and the Gugwe-mok rose back to its full, towering height.
It screamed.
Not the raw, directionless sound from earlier that night. Something else entirely, layered and furious, rolling out across the ruined district loud enough to shatter what glass still remained in every nearby window.
