"Damn it, we were too late..."
After circling past the mountain peak, several thousand astrologers from Ebis Astrology Tower looked out over the valley that had once been vast and fertile. It was now engulfed by tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts. Pumiro Astrology Tower, the pride of the astrologers of this sprawling old land, had already collapsed with a thunderous crash. Only the black-flamed giant tearing open the sky still grinned savagely, allowing another horrifying monster to squeeze through.
"What do we do? Pumiro Astrology Tower has already fallen. Without the tower's amplification, even if we go over now, I'm afraid it will be no use."
An astrologer gathered starlight into a mirror-like screen, using mysterious power to sense the dreadful monsters deep within the valley from afar.
As for the black-flamed monster, the black whirlwind, and that enormous rat that had already squeezed in beneath the crack in the sky, even from such a great distance, the pressure they emitted still made these astrologers tremble.
"There's no way around it. These wandering raiders aren't something low-grade astrology towers like ours can handle alone. We have to wait for the high-grade astrology towers to take charge... Hm!?"
The astrologer sent by Ebis Astrology Tower as reinforcements wiped his nose in confusion. Bright-red blood streaked down.
"What's happening?"
The other astrologers began suffering the same thing. Starlight gathered into protective barriers, yet they still could not stop the blood from pouring out of their noses. It even began flowing from the corners of their mouths and their eyes, accompanied by a damp, salty sensation and growing dizziness.
"Meow, once these astrologers leave the tower's protection, their true bodies are pitifully weak."
A translucent ripple spread through the air. Sound waves formed the image of a wheelchair, and Hoarse Song, wearing