Ricky was right. Just as the team was halfway to the northern walls, the last yellow monster in the first wave was obliterated by a concentrated plasma burst. The sudden cessation of the cannon and defensive towers' fire forced everyone to a sudden stop.
"Phew! I thought there was another trick up their sleeves," Luke sighed, the sound heavy with the release of the suffocating tension he'd been carrying. He wiped a smudge of soot from his forehead, looking almost disappointed that the fight had ended so abruptly. "All that talk for nothing. And all thanks to you..."
He turned his gaze toward Lanmar, ready to rain down his frustration and mockery over the giant for scaring them half to death. However, before he could utter another word, a sudden and fierce tremble shook the world, nearly throwing the humans off their feet.
"What's going on?!!"
