The world went completely silent.
Every drop of color drained from Erin Volter's face in a fraction of a millisecond. Her skin turned as pale as chalk. Her knees buckled under her own weight, her legs turning to water as she collapsed hard onto the moss, her hands clutching at the ground to keep herself upright.
'A... a Calamity Lord...?'
Her mind short-circuited. The words echoed in her skull like a deafening bell. A Calamity Lord, one of the apocalyptic Rulers of the alien world. The nightmare entities that humanity fights with all their power.
'I wasn't saved... 'The horrifying realization hit her, leaving her suffocating.' I wasn't dragged back to Earth by the Exterminator guards. I was abducted by a Calamity Lord!'
Primal terror gripped her heart. She was a normal human—an unawakened researcher with no combat talent, no weapons, and no defenses. Sitting right in front of her was a creature capable of wiping out entire cities.
