The ruins of Lakeshire City became silent once more, but this time, the silence was different. It wasn't the eerie stillness of a place abandoned by time, but the heavy quiet of victory.
The corpses of eight Class 2 Monster Beasts were sprawled across the shattered streets, their massive forms still radiating the lingering traces of whatever energy they possessed. Their blood was soaking into the snow covering the ground.
And standing among them were the warriors of the Starfall Isle. Some were bruised, bloodied, exhausted, but all pretty much alive and safe.
Aleena was the first to break the silence that took over after Grace finished speaking.
"Well," she said, wiping sweat from her brow, "I don't know about you guys, but I think we just made history."
A breathless chuckle rippled through the group. Though they knew she was exaggerating, they knew what they had just done. They had fought their first real battle against the Monster Beasts. And they had won.
