It took a while for Raiden to hear the news since his parents kept talking with some important people and passing others, but soon he eventually learned that enemies coming from the west had arrived as well… they were probably working with the beastkin.
"Uh… things are looking from bad to worse," Javier said recalling the night when his father got injured. "At least we won't have to worry about cannonballs anymore."
Raiden felt really bad hiding the fact from his friend that cannons could be used on land as well. The enemies already noticed how those could help them, so it was only natural that they would keep using them.
Once Ruth heard about that, she began to manipulate her sand with a bit more focus on defense… she was probably thinking of using it to block such attacks, but it will be hard for her to pull it off, even if she did, doing only once would be impressive enough.
