Fear had been an underlying emotion for everyone alive in this day and age, and the father-son duo thought they knew fear.
But then, apparently, there was still dread.
And then terror.
The creature's eyes glowed with an unnatural light, its gaze locking onto Talen and Kael as if sensing their intrusion.
The beast was stalking them—an odd sensation considering that the beast was one giant tortoise.
It moved sluggishly but with an ominous inevitability, each step causing the lake to bubble and hiss as it exuded pools of acidic corruption.
If anything, it should be what used to be a lake.
Because frankly, no one would classify that as one, considering the current conditions.
For had they touched that still body of liquid, their mechas would've started corroding.
"Kael, run!" Talen shouted, drawing his blade—a relic from his younger days as a mecha pilot. But even as he spoke, he knew escape was futile.