In the dreamscape, the slaughter continued.
Led by Godfrey, the wounded members of the mercenary company—the Giant Brundar, the Dwarf Stoutgut, and the Gnoll Bloodear—barricaded the heavy doors to the underground vault, holding back the grotesque, unseen monsters.
"Can someone tell me what the hell is happening?" Brundar gasped, his back braced against the thick doors. He drove his massive spiked club into the stone above the frame, his voice hoarse. "Did The Bastion Wall fall on the coasts? Are Demons from the other continents invading? Or is this the swarm?"
No one answered. None of them knew.
"Commander, do you know what's going on?" Bloodear asked. "Aren't we in Stoneheart City? Why is it nothing but darkness and monsters outside?" The Gnoll flared his nostrils, desperately trying to catch a familiar scent in the air. He slumped in defeat; he could smell nothing but the blood and sweat of the men beside him.
