"All right, calm down. Have you never flown before?" Annanu asked with a puzzled expression.
Adekate kind of wanted to curse.
Sure, you've flown before, good for you. Your whole family has flown before. (Annanu: Indeed.)
Who the hell just takes an entire group of people straight up into the sky without warning?!
"Try to get used to it. This will be part of your training in the future." Annanu flew ahead, his voice reaching everyone else's ears. The moment they heard it, looks of despair appeared on their faces.
"—This is fucking training!?" The burly young man who had just looked despairing was so scared that he started cursing outright.
"There'll be even harsher things," Annanu comforted him.
"All right, enough of that. I brought you here to show you something. Look over there."
Annanu pointed in a direction, and everyone who could still maintain a basic level of sanity instinctively looked where he pointed.
On the distant wasteland, several Uridimmu were hunting a herd of antelope. Endless madness drove them to slaughter the goats to the last.
Several golden ripples appeared beside Annanu, and more fragments of the Key of Heaven emerged from them, plunging toward the ground and striking the Uridimmu with flawless accuracy.
Even when it was not targeting divinity, the Key of Heaven was still a top-tier divine construct. The damage it inflicted was naturally beyond what these Uridimmu could withstand.
The Uridimmu died, and the antelope were scared out of their wits, scattering in every direction.
Once the antelope had fled into the distance, Annanu brought the twenty military candidates down to the ground, landing beside the Uridimmu corpses.
"Adekate, did this many Uridimmu used to appear around Uruk?" Annanu looked toward Adekate, the only one among them who could barely remain calm.
"...No.