The sound this time wasn't just growls—it was a rumble, as if something massive stirred beneath the earth itself. The gates screamed under the weight pressing against them, bronze bending and runes snapping like brittle twigs.
[ Wave 8 – Begin ]
The ground cracked open in front of the gates, and from the fissures crawled Ashbone Golems—towering constructs stitched together from blackened rock and glowing embers. Each step left molten footprints on the cobblestones. Their cores pulsed like burning hearts, wrapped in jagged ribs of stone.
"Golems?! Those aren't beasts—they're siege monsters!"
"They'll crush the buildings if we don't stop them!"
One raised its arm and slammed it down. The street shattered in a shockwave, sending players flying. A second tore a chunk of stone from the plaza itself, hurling it like a boulder at the crowd.
"Shields!" a commander roared. A line of Guardians raised their barriers, the impact shaking them to their knees but holding.
