The shadow hid on the slope of a tall cliff, observing the wide highway that stretched north between the mountains and the ocean. The world was obscured by a white wall of snow, but it could feel slight tremors running through the ground.
Something was approaching.
A few moments later, two bright dots appeared inside the blizzard, slowly growing larger as their source drew closer. Then, powerful beams of light cut through the snowstorm, making the shadow shift its position.
…Several kilometers away, Sunny frowned with a troubled expression.
'People.'
What approached from the north was not a swarm of Nightmare Creatures or a lumbering monstrosity, but a small procession of civilian transports, accompanied by a handful of military vehicles. They cut through the blizzard, rolling down the highway at a slow speed. Several of them appeared battered and barely functioning. Soldiers could be seen manning the turrets, shivering in the vicious cold.
His scowl deepened.
