Hoson also let out a breath. He turned back, and in his heart he already more or less understood what kind of assault had brought the Bull Shark down. It seemed Wood High Priest's conjecture was indeed correct: Demons had launched a massive invasion of Erune. The Demons lacked an Advanced Air Force; the Barbaric Demon Lord already counted as one of the foremost elite aerial troop types beneath the River of Sulfur.
Yet it was precisely at that moment that he suddenly heard someone shriek: "What is that?"
Sir Hoson's heart jolted; instinctively he turned toward the voice. He felt the sky seem to brighten faintly; in that direction the layered storm‑clouds abruptly parted, and a meteor wreathed in surging flame plummeted down from the heavens, falling toward some distant point.
