The sight of his Commander's severed head rolling to his feet shattered the Troop Leader's mind. For a split second, its massive, scarred face went entirely blank with shock, but that disbelief immediately mutated into a blinding, apocalyptic fury.
The three-meter monster threw its head back and unleashed a screech so violent it tore the surrounding leaves from their branches. It violently beat its chest, its long arms pointing frantically at Ethan.
SCREEECH!
With that single command, the silence of the eastern ridge exploded. Hundreds of monkeys cascaded down from the high canopy like a tidal wave of wire-furred flesh and snapping jaws. Dozens of warrior monkeys charged along the muddy ground, while the scouts above loomed over the branches, raining down a torrential storm of spiritually infused rocks that whistled through the azure fog like cannon fire.
