4 Down, One Remaining

With no one being the wiser to the depravity of Draven's plot, the war continued. After getting the much-needed resources from Emilia, the other squads were quick to gain ground on their enemies until, after another 2 hours, I noticed the beam of light on the far left gate showing signs of dimming and eventually vanishing, signaling that the first of five Instance Breaks had concluded…however, we soon found out that wasn't a good thing.

With the pillar of light vanishing, a change occurred in the air as the Tower's Alpha-Rank peak…began dispersing particles into the air.

(Fire/Ice Reporting in Nexus…we have a problem. The Instance Break has cleared, but now our entire sector is saturated with particles, drawing the attention of any undead inside the trenches.) The leader of Fire Squad, Krak, stated in his gruff voice.