"Nibbleskin!!"
Victoria barked the name without breaking stride and the feline appeared on her shoulder instantly, expression tight, already reading the situation before she said a word.
"What's the situation?"
She moved through the front yard of the dark emperor's castle at a pace just below a run, eyes forward, taking in what she could see while waiting for what she couldn't.
"Around 30 minutes after we erased battlebeast, a flash of deadly light shone in the space above the planet."
Nibbleskin's voice was flat and efficient.
"We assume it was a signal. The rest of the army east of here suddenly began moving shortly after."
He paused for exactly one beat.
"Right now we are surrounded from all sides. The corrupt beasts of the planet are pouring toward this location."
The war had gone from zero to a hundred in the span of minutes, and all of it traced back to one thing.
Permanently killing battlebeast.
This was a good thing.
It was also bad.
