Sani panted heavily, gripping her staff as the battlefield around the church turned into chaos.
The holy energy shining from the church's walls was like a beacon, pulling monsters from all directions. They came crawling from the ruins, falling from the sky, or worse—emerging from beneath the earth.
The ground rumbled beneath Sani's feet. A sharp clicking noise echoed from below.
She froze.
Then—
CRACK!
The stone floor beneath her split open, and a massive, centipede-like creature burst out from the underground.
It was twice the size of a war horse, with a thick, armored shell covered in jagged spikes. Its many legs moved unnaturally fast, its mandibles dripping with green venom that sizzled the moment it touched the air.