The thick clouds were as black as ink, and the wilderness was silent.
The vampires hid in the shadows, the metallic gleam of firearms concealed by the darkness.
The ambush had long been set up, snipers lurking in the ruins of tall buildings like motionless corpses, ground troops scattered across the withering wasteland, and the communication channels were silent.
In a more distant place beyond the field of vision, armored units and long-range strike firepower were on standby.
...Time passed second by second, with an uneasy scent filling the air.
Suddenly, the sky changed.
Heavy storm clouds gathered silently, as if gripped by an invisible force, and lightning flickered within the rolling clouds, the dull thunder seemed to make the earth tremble slightly.
The vampires at the center of the meeting location looked up at the heavenly phenomena above, a flash of confusion crossing their eyes—
The cloud layer was suddenly torn apart.
