"Awoo...!"
While some slept, some talked in low voices, and others quietly stood watch over the gate passage and other important areas, wolf howls suddenly echoed from the ancient district inside the city wall.
Everyone immediately woke up. Something had happened?
The Ability Users and Martial Artists hurriedly began preparing. If something came up—or if the Earth Wolves launched a nighttime raid—it was only right to be ready.
The wolf howls drew closer and closer. It seemed that Earth Wolves were rapidly approaching the barbican.
Suddenly, a powerful Earth Wolf stood atop the battlements, raised its head toward the full moon, and howled.
Everyone was stunned. No one had noticed when this wolf had appeared on the battlements.
Even Miller, the Psychic Ability User among the Ability Users, had not sensed how the Earth Wolf had appeared. For a moment, everyone felt a shadow cast over their hearts, as though something bad was about to happen.
Sure enough, after the wolf howled beneath the moonlight, faint green lights suddenly appeared in the gate passage amid a series of pattering sounds.
Everyone stared at the gate passage and saw more and more green lights rushing toward the barbican.
"Armed personnel, move forward and attack these fellows!" At the command, all the armed personnel stepped up with their weapons and began firing into the gate passage.
At the same time, countless desert Earth Wolves ran out of the gate passage, and there were a great many of them.
Shots rang out as bullet after bullet struck the Earth Wolves charging out. Their bodies merely shuddered, yet the bullets had no real effect. They kept running.
The pack of Earth Wolves that had emerged from the gate passage split into two and charged respectively toward the defensive areas of the Ability Users and