As Celestia reached closer to the city walls, its iron door was shut tight with soldiers standing guard on the ramparts. They were preparing for a possible monster invasion on the city, their faces tense with anticipation.
"There is someone outside the gate," one of the soldiers said, noticing the approaching figure of Celestia in the distance.
They would have immediately opened the door for any possible survivor from the monster attacks on the villages outside the city's protection. However, Celestia looked anything but a survivor. With her eyes burning in blue flames like living energy and a sword with a crimson-stained blade in her hand, she appeared even more terrifying than the monsters themselves.
The soldiers drew their bows, the heads of arrows pointing directly at Celestia. Bowstrings creaked under tension.
"Stop right there!" The commander of the guards shouted from the wall. "State your identity."
