What came for them was unlike anything Ferro had ever seen.
At first he thought it was an insect, some giant version of a wasp. But then he saw that there were several things about it that no natural creature would have, like external ball joints and skin made of painted metal. And a "stinger" with a flaming tip.
A moment after it appeared it chirruped, and that was when Santina cut it in half through its thorax with a spell. It hit the ground with a tinny lightness that sounded more fragile than it had looked.
"Hm. Guess it's not made of steel then."
A series of distressed noises sounded from the construct. Ringing out in regular intervals before they died as they shifted down in tone.
Having covered their sensitive ears, Ferro and Lawre both lowered their hands... just in time to hear an even louder buzzing coming from the direction the machine-bug had come from.
