The concreate road and the delivery road beneath it, in the grid 8 were practically unrecognizable.
Right now, in the middle of a working road, a Two-Star One-Way gate had violently manifested. Unlike loop gates or dungeons, one-way gates didn't allow Exterminators to enter.
Instead, they acted as massive, dimensional tears that actively vomited Calamity Beasts directly into the real world until the Gate Guardian—the anchor entity holding the tear open was eliminated.
The local NEA response team was in direct combat with the beasts poring out.
Twenty professional, fully geared Exterminators had formed a defensive perimeter across the intersection. The air was thick with mana continuously leaking from the gate.
"Hold the line!" the squad captain roared, firing a burst of concentrated wind blast that shattered the front legs of an incoming beast. "The Guardian is coming through! Tanks, brace!"
