The scouts remained frozen before the gigantic fissure for several long seconds afterward. None of them spoke immediately. But inside their minds, the same terrifying thought had already begun surfacing.
This was not natural. If something this massive had suddenly appeared beneath the kingdom lands without anyone noticing earlier then it could only mean one thing. Another disaster was beginning.
The squad leader's expression hardened almost immediately.
"Check everything," he ordered sharply. "The ground, the air, and the vegetation around this fissure. I want to know exactly what this thing is."
The scouts immediately moved afterward despite the unease spreading through them.
