BOOM!
One clap of thunder after another reverberated through the sky, as if threatening to shatter the very heavens.
The dark clouds above Ganyue Port gathered ceaselessly, so thick it seemed they might press down from the sky at any moment.
Daylight had already been swallowed by the black clouds.
Every bolt of lightning that tore across the sky was like a dagger slashing through a cloth of night.
BOOM!
Another clap of thunder shook the heavens.
In Locust Tree Village, the closest settlement to Ganyue Port, the women hurriedly took in their laundry while the men herded the chickens and ducks back into their coops.
WAAAAH!
Startled by the thunder, a baby wailed in its mother's arms.
"There, there, it's all right, it's all right..."
The young mother soothed the child in her arms, holding it tight as she looked up, her gaze drifting through the window toward Ganyue Port.
'The sky was clear just a moment ago,' she thought. 'Why the sudden thunder?'
