Their mouths began to swell, air and energy compressing inside them as they prepared to unleash their sonic screams.
That was exactly what I had been trying to prevent, and the reason I triggered [Event Collapse] the moment the queen fell. A coordinated howl from dozens of them would have been catastrophic, not just to my goblins, but to the entire defensive line.
I didn't give them the chance.
I poured more energy into the rift, forcing it to expand and deepen, its pull intensifying so rapidly that the air itself seemed to bend toward it. The ground trembled as the pressure shifted, and the howlers below were suddenly dragged off balance, their claws gouging uselessly into the soil as the force took hold.
