In the plaza before the main fortress.
Iron Wall Algernon slammed the enormous tower shield in his hand into the ground.
An icy blue glow flashed rapidly.
His gray-blue eyes were fixed firmly on the sky.
The muscles beneath his armor trembled slightly.
It was an instinctive reaction after his understanding of reality had been completely overturned.
He had fought countless battles, seen legendary beasts, and resisted undead calamities, yet he had never imagined that one day he would face a metal fortress floating in the heavens, as vast as a mountain range.
"What is that thing?"
Skullcrusher Gordon's rough voice came through the Communication Crystal.
The legendary warrior, famed for his savagery, was currently lurking in the shadows beside the main fortress gate, staring up at the colossal object that blotted out his vision.
The two chipped battle axes in his hands had unconsciously lowered considerably.
"This is spatial transit..." Ice Whisperer Alina's cold voice rang out.
She could sense the terrifyingly stable spatial structure around the fortress.
As well as the surging magical tide within it, so immense that it made her soul go numb.
"This is absolutely not something any kingdom of the current era could build."
"Algernon, we may have provoked something we shouldn't have."
The flames dancing at Mages Corps Commander Freya Flameheart's fingertips had already gone out.
Her face was rather pale as she clutched the front of her mage robe tightly.
"The magical density is still rising."
"The energy contained in each of those gun ports is enough to level a Tower."
Shadow Walker Morris said nothing, but every shadow scout he had released lost contact at the same time, as though they had been erased by an invisible force field.
The entire battlefield fell silent.
The deafening sounds of battle cries, explosions,