The drop bay doors on the underside of Zephyria ground open.
The freezing toxic wind of the ash storm instantly howled into the heavy iron shaft. The air smelled of sulfur and burning rot.
Lucifer stood at the edge of the drop bay. He wore his dark leather armor.
The Gauntlet of the Void King crackled faintly with black lightning.
Beside him stood High Ranger Celeste. She had wrapped a thick enchanted rebreather scarf around her lower face to filter the toxic ash.
She gripped her heavy longbow with her quiver packed with aether-tipped arrows.
Behind them hovered fifty Void-Breaker Dragoons.
The newly evolved Mythic-tier mechanical centaurs did not flinch against the toxic wind. Their jagged dark matter armor absorbed the rot.
Their massive Star-Metal wings flared and glowed with violent purple energy shields.
"Target is directly below us," Lucifer stated over the comms rune. "The ash is thick. Visibility will be zero. Do not lose the thermal trail."
