Before Aiden could even grab a piece of broken cobblestone from the street to throw at the creepy shadow hiding near the barrier, the entire situation changed completely without any warning.
The unnatural red sky above the gothic town suddenly tore wide open with a blinding flash of bright green light that forced everyone to cover their eyes and stumble backwards.
A swirling portal exactly like the Green Gate from the military bunker formed right above the public square they just sneaked away from, and the system interface instantly exploded with flashing red warning screens right in front of Julien's face.
[Critical Alert: Unauthorised Dimensional Breach Detected.]
[Notice: Multiple high-level hostile entities are currently bypassing the regional barrier using forced blood-magic stabilisation.]
