At the same moment Major Kraft was trading blows with Captain Grégoire, the fastest among Astoria's new recruits had reached the gates of the fortress. When they stepped into the main square, they were greeted by the sight of all kinds of insect-like creatures.
For ordinary people, encountering a Calamity for the first time would have been a traumatic experience.
But these recruits could no longer be considered ordinary. The parasite had driven their brains to produce various substances that dulled fear, pain, and even awareness of their own actions.
On the contrary, the moment they saw the enemy, they were overwhelmed with boundless rage, an uncontrollable thirst for revenge that could only be quenched through massacre.
And so they pounced on the Enforcers present, like rabid dogs. All sorts of powers erupted in total chaos, making it nearly impossible to determine who possessed what resonance. Pastry dough, enchanted needles, poison orbs...
