Chapter 11: “Right, this is dangerous. Let’s go—”

Chapter 11: “Right, this is dangerous. Let’s go—”

Where the unit stood now was, without question, the very heart of the beasts’ habitat. The air itself felt heavier, colder, as if the land warned any outsider to turn back. Towering trees encircled the entire area with their trunks buried beneath thick sheets of snow, branches bending under the weight of winter frost.

The ground was no better where everywhere they looked were the remnants of brutal battles. Corpses of beasts lay scattered across the frozen land, some whole, some torn apart so violently that blood had splattered across rocks and roots, staining the white snow a deep, sinister red.

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