Between a Rock and a Carapace

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A hundred of the most highly trained and powerful warriors within the Liria Bulwark sat in the tunnels, sweat and grime covering their forms—each exhausted. They’d battled for hours here on the edge of the defensive line. Wave after wave of shadow beasts had assaulted their position. Even the odd demon had been mixed in, something Mirryn never thought she’d see.

A shoulder-tap drew Mirryn’s gaze around, then up at the monstrous auxiliary soldier beside her. Unable to talk with a grotesquely fanged muzzle where his mouth had once been, he raised his claw-tipped paws and gestured to her in the simple, yet effective sign language she’d learned at the fort. His was a question many had on their minds, one Mirryn didn’t have an answer to.

“I’ve only heard stories, but I’ve never seen anything like…” she gestured helplessly toward the scene that held them all captive for the last twenty minutes, “that.”

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