What was that?
The sky was dark, and thick storm clouds obscured whatever had happened in the distance.
With visibility limited to one or two kilometers, doubt rose in all three teams.
"From the sound of it, did something fall out of the sky?"
The gnome mage asked instinctively. The earth dragon at the front seemed to think of something and moved to lead the teams closer.
"Maybe someone got injured and fell. I saw an aircraft flying in that direction. The humans might have redeemed it. I'm guessing they were shot down."
"Come on! Let's get over there first!"
The earth dragon led the way without hesitation. Behind him, the blood wolf hesitated at his words, an inexplicable unease rising within him.
But seeing that the earth dragon was already approaching, he thought it over and followed anyway.
That was right. He also remembered another human team appearing in that direction. They had not been particularly strong, but they had redeemed an aircraft, leaving the others unable to catch them after spotting them.
What they had just seen did look like an aircraft being shot down. If another team really had forced those humans to land here while pursuing them, there was no reason to pass up points delivered straight to their doorstep.
Soon, after only a minute or so, the three teams reached the suspected crash site.
A massive crater lay in the ground ahead, as though a meteor had struck. Scattered flames burned along its walls, and a thick sulfurous stench hung over the surroundings like a lake of hellfire.
Faced with a scene unlike the aircraft wreckage they had expected, all three teams were stunned.
It wasn't an aircraft being shot down?
Puzzled, the earth dragon slowly drew a giant warhammer from his back and approached