Dolando Plains.
This was the largest livestock pasture on the continent for the Dinosaur People and Serpent People.
The vegetation here grew exceptionally fast, the temperature was mild, and lush greenery stretched as far as the eye could see.
Normally, vast numbers of carnivorous livestock were raised here. But today, the herders responsible for the broad plains had driven all the surrounding animals away early.
Above, the sky was clear, deep blue, and tranquil. Below, the land was equally still.
But that stillness was soon shattered.
As the earth trembled and violent stomping resounded from all around, countless scattered pebbles were lightly tossed from the ground by the intense vibrations.
The small animals fled in terror into their underground nests, trembling uncontrollably.
Looking out across the plains, one could see dense masses of Giant Beasts and humanoid figures suddenly arriving from both distant sides, so numerous that their ends could not be seen.
Among these Giant Beasts were Primal dinosaurs, Primal Giant Serpents, and other enormous species normally raised by the various races as war beasts.
Each Primal dinosaur stood nearly fifty to eighty meters tall, while most Primal Giant Serpents measured two to three hundred meters in length.
At the same time, along the Great River that wound through the center of the plains and across the continent, surging waters carried wave after wave of enormous sea beasts—or rather, Sea Monsters—from afar.
Standing atop these Giant Beasts were densely packed citizens of the five races.
Every one of the five races' citizens held extraordinary weapons as they gazed toward their opponents, creating an atmosphere of utter grimness.
Yet unlike the grim silence of those five races' citizens, the Giant Beast Kin among them kept letting out low growls.
Their intelligence was low, but that did not mean they lacked