The chaos that embedded itself through the isolated valley didn't disturb just the recruits surviving within it, but the creatures inhabiting it as well: the ground rumbled all around Joseph as he witnessed forest inhabitants fleeing, all running away directly in the direction he stood.
"--Hey, hey, hey!" Joseph realized he was right in the stampede's way.
The variety in creatures was overwhelming in itself; tiny critters scampered and behemoths trampled everything in their path, yet all ran in fear of the darkness that cleaved through the valley all the same.
The youthful recruit raised his spear, preparing to combat the armor-hided beasts that trampled through the foliage towards him, but to his surprise, they charged right past him, simply prioritizing their own lives.
Great beasts of stone skin, fire-breathing bears, and even ice-coated lions; all ran in the same direction, away from a united enemy.
