An explosion from far in the distance, followed by a brief tremor that shook the trees, woke the girl from her unusually pleasant reverie, and had her instinctively brandishing a dagger ready to strike at an attacker who wasn’t even there.

“Bloody hells!” 

Her heart beat in rapid successions as she leapt to her feet and stood on the thick, strong branch of the massive Tualang tree for a better view of the landscape. Past the blanketed treetops and beyond, a large cloud of black smoke rose above like a shadow over the area, obscuring much of the moonlight that washed onto the surface. The night became even darker then, and S’varkas knew the events transpiring just under two kilometers from her location would be the catalyst her father spoke of so many times before.

“I need to warn them! Wait! No I need to investigate to ensure this isn’t [i]another[/i] false entry.”

The momentary thought of her last “warning” never failed to make it’s way into her head, as she once thought the demonic portal had flooded the land with legions of supernatural creatures, which turned out to be nothing in the end. It was something her father, the ruler of the human citadel, had looked down upon considering the amount of time and resources he’d wasted.

S’varkas slung her quarterstaff on her back and quickly descended the tall tree, her bare feet landing on the soft cool ground next to a rather large and remarkable construct made of various metals, miscellaneous gears, hoses, other scrapped parts. The machine stood approximately twenty feet tall, with an exceptionally wide torso and large cannon-sized arms, both made to crush and obliterate. It didn’t move until the girl’s voice command enabled it, and the machine sprang to life, walking forward on two smaller, less bulky legs.

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“Ok, let’s find out if we truly have company…”