A streak of light crossed the sky and fell onto the sea.
Rot groggily raised his head and looked toward the harbor.
By now, crowds from nearby had already surged over, smashing through the wooden fences and entering the broad harbor.
They swiftly and methodically dismantled nearby boards and fences, turning them into simple slides leading from the harbor docks down to the sea. Then they poured freshly boiled water over them, quickly freezing it into place.
The crowd slid in an orderly fashion from the docks onto the frozen sea.
Rot stared blankly at all this, his eyes filled with confusion and shock.
How had this been done?
He raised his head toward the enormous radiant figure spreading its arms in the sky. "What exactly is that?"
Just as he spoke, the blizzard filling the horizon intensified further. The clouds pierced by the radiance gradually thickened, obscuring the huge glowing figure.
At that moment, several beams of blue light suddenly descended from the sky, tearing through the clouds and landing upon the earth.
As the radiance faded, ancient blue cubes brimming with the aura of history appeared between heaven and earth amid the dispersing clouds.
Then those cubes rapidly unfolded, transforming into mechanical giants dozens of meters tall.
The instant they awakened, they immediately sprang into action and charged toward the enormous monsters nearby.
Though they were somewhat far away and the scene was blurry, under the dazzling radiance, Rot could vaguely make out that most of those blue mechanical giants had gathered at another exit from the Noble District.
"God!!!"
Many people who had successfully fled onto the sea fell prostrate on the ice, worshipping the radiant figure in the sky.
Yet the enormous glowing figure seemed not to notice their prayers.
The clouds gradually closed in and