The creature didn't even slow down.
It was as if they were attacking a moving fortress.
"Impossible!"
"Our weapons aren't working!"
"Retreat!"
Fear spread through the ranks.
For the first time, they realized why the older survivors had repeatedly warned them never to travel too far beyond the city limits.
The cities were not humanity's prison.
They were humanity's shelter.
Beyond them existed a world ruled by monsters.
And the beast standing before them was only the first creature they had encountered.
Far away inside the city, Ross watched through a remote viewing ability and chuckled.
"They've finally learned."
His gaze drifted toward the distant wilderness.
What the expedition was facing now was merely the beginning.
Compared to the true horrors hidden beyond humanity's borders, that lion-like beast was little more than a welcome party.
An hour later, the expedition finally returned.
Or rather, what remained of it.
