Rumble...
At some point, the sky over Cosmos suddenly became thick with dark clouds.
The clouds surged and churned like a vortex, flashes of lightning seeming to flicker within them as oppressive droning boomed through the air.
The air became incredibly heavy.
The ground began to tremble from time to time as well.
As the strange phenomena grew increasingly intense, the people of Cosmos began to tremble with fear, consumed by panic and dread.
Many strange incidents had already occurred in Cosmos, and now that even more bizarre events were taking place, quite a few citizens were beginning to break down.
Anyone looking toward the gates of Cosmos would have discovered that, at every gate, countless citizens had gathered with their families and bundles of luggage, causing a commotion.
"Let us out!"
"We want to leave the city!"
"If we stay here, we'll die!"
"I can't stay here anymore!"
"Hurry up and let us out!"
The citizens shoved against each other, trying to force their way through the gates while shouting at the top of their lungs.
But the gates were firmly guarded by the Knights.
"Go back!"
"Get back, all of you!"
"The ducal house has ordered that Cosmos be sealed off! No one is allowed in or out!"
"If you keep gathering here and causing trouble, you'll be executed on the spot!"
The knights roared these threats. At first, they did manage to intimidate quite a few people, but as the abnormalities within Cosmos grew more and more severe, the citizens were truly scared out of their wits.
Thus, at every gate, knights and citizens argued loudly and even shoved one another, as clamor, curses, roars, shrieks, and cries all blended together.
For the first time in a thousand years, the fortress city of Cosmos had fallen into