Bare rocks...
Yellow sand filled the sky...
The farther east they went, the harsher the surrounding natural environment became.
Clearly, compared to the Northern Lands, which were covered in ice and snow year-round, the Land of the East was the place truly unfit for human survival.
With no vegetation covering the surface, most of the land had already turned to sand, making it impossible to grow food.
Aside from a handful of special terrains, there was not even the basic drinking water needed to sustain life.
No one knew what the organization had been thinking when it chose this place as the headquarters for its secret research.
Perhaps it was because being far from civilization made it harder to discover.
Of course, none of that mattered now.
When they were still three or four kilometers away from the strange structure rising on the horizon, large numbers of warriors infected by parasites, Yoma, and Awakened Beings suddenly appeared out of thin air.
There was no need to ask. This was the last defensive force the organization could muster, or perhaps its final struggle.
The Claymores led by Galadria, Milia, and Ine Lily drew their weapons and began their final slaughter against these enemies.
For a time, blood splattered everywhere.
In barely ten minutes, severed limbs were scattered all over the ground.
Although the parasites had granted these enemies powerful Regeneration Ability, making them far more troublesome than ordinary warriors who had graduated from the training camps, Allen had already upgraded the equipment of the Claymores who had joined him.
Combined with the experience they had accumulated through previous brutal battles, Galadria and the others quickly seized a firm upper hand.
Though they could not end the battle immediately, victory was only a matter of time.
"Hmph! It seems the organization truly