As Maria soared gracefully through the heavens, her crystal wings glimmering in the twilight, the landscape below transformed into a tapestry of turmoil and strife. The border of the Drexia Empire lay before her, a once-peaceful region now ravaged by the chaos of war. Villages that had flourished amidst the verdant hills were reduced to smoldering ruins, and the cries of the fallen echoed through the air like a lament for the lost.
Upon reaching the frontlines, Maria could see the plight of the defenders—men and women, weary yet resolute, fighting valiantly against the relentless tide of monstrous creatures that surged forth from the shadows. An army of grotesque beings, their forms twisted and unnatural, advanced with a singular purpose: to breach the defenses of the empire and sow destruction in their wake.
