After safely escorting the family into the fortified safe house, Sophia wasted no time.
Her figure blurred as she launched herself back into the heart of battle, her heart pounding with urgency.
Meanwhile, high above the burning skies of the Lancaster Estate, a titanic clash was underway.
Two figures moved like forces of nature:
One was Richard Lancaster, patriarch of the Lancaster family — known across the Main World as the Master of Explosions.
The other...was something else. Something different. Something far more dangerous than the swarming creatures below.
This Sentinel, as it was called, stood out immediately.
It wasn't a dread beast. It wasn't mindless.
It had two muscular arms, a powerful, almost humanlike frame, and it radiated pure menace.
Where the others were savage, this one was calculated.
Worse yet, it matched Richard blow for blow.
At a distance, standing atop a broken tower, the villain Mireveil watched the clash unfold without lifting a finger.
