PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
The second Goliath went rigid, its mandibles clicking uselessly before it collapsed dead onto the shoreline.
"Good call, Scribe!" Silas cheered, rapidly reloading his harpoon.
But the victory was short-lived.
The third Goliath didn't charge. It had stopped at the edge of the water, its antennae vibrating wildly, fixated not on Nero or Silas, but on the massive, skyscraper-sized transit tube that had fallen from the Mid-Aerie.
The beast raised its scythe-like arms and began to violently tear into the rusted metal of the sunken tube, peeling the heavy steel back like a tin can.