The roar tore through the forest like a living thing.
John felt it before he truly heard it—pressure crashing into his senses, rattling his bones, vibrating through the ground beneath his claws. The air warped, heavy and suffocating, as if the world itself recoiled from the sound. Birds exploded out of the canopy in panicked swarms. Distant monsters screamed, some in defiance, others in pure terror.
The Level 10 monster had finally lost its patience.
John twisted midair just as the creature reared back, its chest swelling unnaturally. Mana surged—dense, violent, overwhelming. His instincts screamed.
*Move.*
A blinding torrent of energy erupted from the monster's maw.
