The ground trembled.
Slowly, at first. But then the intensity increased so wildly that it felt no different from a small earthquake.
"They're here." The Hermit let out a quiet sigh of relief.
The timing couldn't have been better. They were just about to face the enemy commanders, and after how brutally the Hidden Ruler had just shattered their confidence, they needed to show a strong front.
And what better way than to unite with powerful allies from afar?
"Unbelievable!" Blackfire Balthazar was shocked.
Although he and the other commanders had been briefed by the Hermit about the finer details of Operation Constantine, he still found it difficult to believe that allies had truly arrived from across the Galestine.
The sheer logistics involved in this grand endeavour made his scalp tingle.
One by one, the commanders turned around, facing southward. There, they saw a vast curtain of cloud rising on the horizon. Then a dark line gradually appeared where the lands touched the sky.
