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Whenever an earthshaking roar rang out, the hearts of Augustgrad's people trembled along with the quaking ground.

Since rising above Korhal, dazzling Augustgrad had gone many days and nights without suffering the flames of war.

No one remembered when the colossal stone pillars dominating Augustgrad's skyline had appeared. It felt as though it had been a century ago. Terrifying void shadows flooded into the city like a rising tide, while crimson light illuminated the sky with a vast burning glow, carrying an eerie and ominous air.

Horrific void constructs continuously poured from the void rifts tearing open across Augustgrad, attacking every living thing they could see. In the most densely populated residential districts, a terrible massacre had become inevitable. The Augustgrad government mobilized every force it could to save civilians unable to protect themselves, yet casualties still numbered in the tens of thousands.

Fighting erupted in every street where void fragments emerged. Torrents from the anti-air fire network shot into the sky like streams of brilliant flame. Imperial troops advanced into the city, soldiers clad in Power Armor and gripping Gauss Rifles marching onto the battlefield amid the forceful clatter of powered boots.

Across majestic plazas and grand monuments, past soaring towers and neatly planned blocks, crashed fighters and vehicles belching black smoke lay scattered over battered brick-paved ground. Charred corpses were strewn among them. As the sky grew dimmer, the glaring red light overhead became ever more conspicuous. Tracer rounds and flashes from explosions pierced the heavens, converging into countless streaks of light.

In the fiercest combat zones, the Imperial military nearly resorted to indiscriminate artillery barrages to suppress the creatures pouring from the void rifts, driving back twisted constructs from the corrupting shadows with world-shattering firepower. It looked as though they were fighting demons from hell.

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