CHAPTER 1013
Several minutes passed in a suffocating silence as Grey stared at the ships, their numbers increasing by the second.
Five minutes to be exact, and by now, over ninety vessels had already appeared in the open sky.
He had lost count a short while back.
The town around him was now completely silent. He could feel the stampede of the fleeing townspeople miles away from his position.
Though he could no longer see them, his connection to the earth attribute allowed him to perceive their frantic vibrations through the soil.
He waited in the clearing, the area immediately surrounding him now totally vacant.
Glancing backward, he caught sight of a building a few meters away.
Specifically, seven meters away.
His gaze lingered on the structure longer than it logically should have, the weight of the past anchoring him to the spot for a brief moment.
Then, another thunderous roar of mechanical engines snapped his focus away.
