Deep within the ruined estate lay a desolate, wide-open space. It had probably once been an open-air garden or a fountain square, though it was hard to tell because the architecture had been completely pulverized and reshaped by violence.
The moonlight filtered down through the dust-choked air, casting long shadows across shattered marble pillars, an uprooted tree, and the crushed remnants of masonry.
The truly unsettling sight, however, was a creature roughly fifteen meters tall that lay twitching convulsively on the ground.
From time to time, it would roar in a fit of rage and lunge at the empty air, slashing its claws as if it were fighting something only it could see. There were even moments when it would retreat in fear before lunging again and smashing its head against the ground.
