[One Week Later]
The mid-morning sun cast a warm, brilliant golden glow over the sprawling battered expanse of Astelvern Town.
The apocalyptic storm had long since passed. The massive, golden-blue Aegis dome remained deactivated, no longer needed to shield the skies from falling gargoyles.
The town bore the brutal scars of the abyssal invasion. Several massive stone walls on the eastern flank were completely scorched black by necrotic fire.
The central plaza featured deep craters, and dozens of rooftops in the commercial district collapsed under the immense crushing pressure of the swarm.
However the town was far from dead…
The people in the streets were hopeful and fiercely determined.
Guild mages utilized low-tier earth magic to rapidly rebuild the shattered stone walls and pave over the craters.
