Everyone on the battlefield felt it.
They couldn't hear the roar… yet the ground trembled beneath their feet. An ominous presence rose silently, pressing down on their hearts like an invisible weight.
Even Logan felt it.
One by one, they turned to look at each other — throats dry, breaths uneven — as an unspoken fear spread through the crowd.
"What kind of being exudes such presence?" Hueng Long whispered.
Zola's gaze darted toward a distant direction, his expression darkening. "This is bad…" he muttered. "It shouldn't have awakened this early. No one in the mortal realm is capable of defeating it."
"Yes…" The female voice echoed from within. "That human offered himself as a sacrifice… to break the seal a hundred years ahead of time."
Meanwhile, deep within the cave… The colossal crimson being suddenly fell silent.
Its roar ceased. Its narrowed eyes gleamed as it inhaled deeply — savoring something… something familiar.
