"Save my child!"
A man pinned beneath the rubble let out a pained wail. His pitiful state was heartbreaking.
Bang!
A passing Fire Warrior shot him dead.
Perhaps these people truly were pitiable, but they had refused to join the Greater Good.
The moment they chose to become enemies of the Greater Good, the Tau Empire would no longer show them mercy or compassion. Nor would they pity any enemy.
Children included.
Everything was for the Greater Good.
The children hiding in the cellar desperately covered their mouths. Above them, Kroot figures kept racing past overhead.
Aya ran out to draw those monsters away so we could survive.
She told us that no matter what we heard, we must not make a sound.
Tears streamed continuously from the three-eyed demi-human children. The intense emotional turmoil forced them to endure the torment of their psychic gifts.
Sniff, sniff~
Sniff, sniff~
The Tau Empire's Tarian crouched on the ground like a wild dog, sniffing for the scent of survivors.
Sniff, sniff~
"Found them!"
Tarian's massive teeth tore into the wooden boards over the cellar. The commotion drew in large numbers of Kroot, and ugly heads poked through the cellar opening, blood-filled maws opening to reveal savage fangs.
"Ah!!!!"
The Kroot possessed extraordinarily powerful stomachs. They would devour the corpses of their enemies, digest useful genes with their powerful digestive systems, and evolve different talents. At the same time, they could steal their enemies' memories and gain all their knowledge.
On the ground.
A pleading demi-human was instantly torn apart by a pack of Kroot.
In the cellar.
Large numbers of hiding demi-humans were found by the tracking hound, Tarian.
The defensive lines were being breached one after another.
The demi-humans were dying without end.
At first, it was the walls along several