A moment of silence hung in the air after the leg emerged, as if the world itself was stunned into submission.
"SKREE!"
Then came the shriek.
It wasn't from any human throat. It came from the sky itself, carried by the twisting winds that howled across the city.
The sound was so sharp, so deep, that it pierced into every soul.
Bang!
Glass shattered. Walls cracked. Birds fell mid-flight. It was the cry of something unnatural, a cry announcing that the Hollows had arrived.
The ordinary human watched everything with despair.
"Hollows! They have arrived once again!"
"Oh God, please Save Us!"
"Run, you fools. There isn't any god to save us." a burly hunter roared.
By the side, Ryuzen forced himself to stand. His legs screamed. His instincts roared at him to run, to hide, to disappear. But his gaze was locked upward. Because it wasn't over.
