"SOLDIERS, TAKE POSITION!"
Brenda's voice cut through the chaos. Every warrior in their group immediately snapped into action—spears raised, swords drawn, spells beginning to crackle in the air.
They had no hope of defeating three S-Class threats, and they knew it.
But they took position anyway, their faces showing no fear, no hesitation.
They would fight to the last breath because that was what the Blood and Iron Brigade did.
Isabelle grabbed Cassius's hand, her heart pounding with instinctive fear.
She had power now—she knew that—but she had spent her entire life as a normal mortal.
When three monsters the size of buildings lunged at her simultaneously, her first instinct was still to seek protection.
The worms lunged.
Isabelle squeezed her eyes shut.
BOOM!
The sound of something massive being stopped dead in its tracks. Followed by the horrible grinding of teeth against something that refused to break.
But no pain. No sensation of being torn apart.
