Time dragged on as we stood ready, the air heavy with anticipation. Every creak of armor, every rustle of the wind felt amplified in the stillness. Then, breaking the tense silence, a loud alarm bell rang out from somewhere outside the city.
CLANG!
The sound reverberated through the walls, sharp and urgent, sending a jolt through everyone who heard it. This was the moment we knew the time had come—the signal we'd been waiting for. The monsters had finally been summoned, or spawned, and they were now advancing toward us, ready to invade the city and destroy the Blue Crystal Altar.