(Inside Black Horn Office)
The black cup shattered in Korran's hand inside Black Horn's command room.
Dark liquid spilled between his fingers and struck the command table, but none of the officials inside the room dared to look at it.
Their attention remained fixed on the enormous image covering the far wall.
The main view came from a Glass-Eyed Demonic Eagle circling high above the cracked lands. A round observation crystal had been fixed beneath the flying beast's chest, allowing everything it saw to be transmitted back to Black Horn.
Six smaller images floated beside it. Those came from recording crystals worn by Black Horn officers scattered across the convoy.
Together, they showed the narrow road from above and from the ground.
They also showed the Furnaceback Centipede tearing down the left ridge.
Korran slowly opened his hand. Broken pieces of the cup fell onto the table.
"What is that beast doing there?"
Nobody answered immediately.
