"It's up to you. Get started."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's command, Naruse Mio gave an exasperated look. Then she knelt on the ground and reached out to press her hand against it.
"Ah, everyone, don't panic too much. Things will shake a little in a moment, but it won't be a big problem. You can crouch down to keep your balance and avoid falling..."
"???"
The others were even more bewildered by Naruse Mio's reassurance, but by then, she had already closed her eyes.
Then something that none of the survivors could have imagined happened.
They would probably never forget this day for as long as they lived. The earth trembled without pause, as if a massive earthquake had erupted.
The buildings around them trembled as well. Yet immediately afterward, something even more unbelievable happened.
The surrounding buildings began to rotate, twist, and merge together, like Lego blocks in a child's toy set. With tremendous rumbling, they slowly shifted across the ground and interlocked.
By then, the survivors were crouching on the ground with their hands over their heads, scarcely daring to breathe. No one knew what was happening. Endless clouds of dust blotted out the sky and nearly covered everything. Even if they tried to raise their heads and see what was going on, all they could make out was a vast, hazy shadow.
The thunderous roar beside their ears made their hearts tremble, while the violently shaking ground gave them the illusion that they could be overturned at any moment.
If they had not undergone the Inquisition's rigorous training, they probably would have panicked and fled as far as they could. But for now, all they could do was crouch on the ground as if responding to an earthquake.
No one knew how much time had passed. The shaking