I landed swiftly at the battlefield and unfused with Legion. The scene before us was catastrophic.
Daisetsuzan National Park—normally an expanse of untouched wilderness—was now a war zone. The ground, a mix of open plain and dense forest, was torn apart by battle. Trees had been splintered, and the air smelled of scorched earth and blood.
Around sixteen Monitors lay defeated on the ground, unconscious or barely clinging to awareness. Of the few still standing—only seven—one stood out: Arnold.
A visiting Monitor from Germany, Arnold was locked in a brutal fight against an unusually strong opponent—a female dragonewt. He was mid-tier crusader-class, but she was at least a 100-fold supernatural, putting her on par with an advanced-class Monitor. The difference was staggering. Yet, despite his bruised and battered state, Arnold held his ground.