Ahce's POV
The first vision came without warning.
I was in the middle of morning drills, my instructor barking orders while the dawn mist still hugged the courtyard. My muscles ached, my mind dulled from exhaustion. Then, suddenly, the world… stopped. The air froze mid-breath. The sound of steel clashing faded into nothing. When I blinked, the courtyard was gone.
Instead, I stood in the ruins of a city.
Buildings were torn apart, smoke rose into a red-stained sky, and the ground trembled beneath my feet. I knew this place, it was City E7, though I had never truly seen it like this. The streets were littered with broken glass, and the once-proud skyline was nothing but jagged silhouettes.
Then came the sound, low, guttural, animalistic.
