Siberia was burning.
It defied all logic. Even Ku Da La Na wondered how flames could set mountains ablaze in temperatures dozens of degrees below zero, yet before her stood this bizarre reality.
Part of the world remained a frozen wasteland, while another had turned into mountains of fire. Beastly roars and screams filled the air, explosions and electric crackles rose one after another, and deafening noises rang out everywhere.
"Aaaaah!"
Right before Ku Da La Na's eyes, a Professional came running out, his entire body engulfed in flames. The golden fire could not be extinguished. Even after rolling in the snow, he turned to ashes in barely a dozen seconds.
Faint golden dust drifted from the charred corpse in the wind, looking almost sacred.
Yet as a mere observer, Ku Da La Na felt her scalp go numb. Everything fed back by her spirit ears was screaming and death, as if the armies of hell and heaven were fighting here.
"D61 Squad, fall back and regroup. Everyone, run!"
Ku Da La Na was a foreign mercenary of the Grey Rock Mercenary Company, and a member of the D61 and C713 Squads sent here this time.
She belonged to Grey Rock, but she was not one of the Stars and Stripes people. More precisely, she was not even an Earthling.
"What the hell happened?! All I can sense is death!!"
Ku Da La Na could no longer endure it. Her shriek, mixed with extreme emotions, echoed through the communications channel, and everyone felt as if their ears and minds had been struck hard at once.
"This isn't what we were promised. Sob..."
A girl was already crying through the communicator.
Ku Da La Na was one of the Kuda people, a relatively peaceful small race. Their world was not large,