The silence lasted exactly seventeen seconds.
Then chaos erupted.
Medical teams swarmed the battlefield. Indonesian staff. International support. Everyone converging on unconscious Champions and injured hunters. Triage protocols activated. Most critical cases first.
Rama tried to stand. Failed. Legs wouldn't respond. Corruption at fifty-nine percent. Multiple critical injuries. Blood loss significant. He managed to turn his head. Surveying the devastation.
Fifty-meter crater where Herald had self-destructed. Blackened concrete. Scorched earth. Purple corruption residue covering everything despite Champion purification barrier. The barrier had prevented erasure but couldn't eliminate all corruption.
Bodies scattered across battlefield. Some moving. Some not. Some corrupted. Some merely unconscious.
Medical personnel shouting coordinates. Calling for stretchers. Prioritizing who to save first when everyone needed immediate attention.
