Tave crouched behind the thick foliage, his eyes fixed on the darkening sky above the ridge where night was beginning to fall.
He wasn't exactly surprised to find monsters like these in a Rift of this kind. But as he raised his telescope and focused on them, the details began to settle into something far more troubling.
Most of the creatures were flying types, reptilian in form, with massive wingspans, each easily several times the size of a grown human.
They weren't wyverns, though they bore some resemblance. These were clearly Tier 5 monsters, and that meant they were going to be a nightmare to deal with. Their mobility was extreme, their attacks wildly varied, and there were many different kinds among them.
Tave watched in grim silence as a swarm of them swept through the skies, their shapes cutting through the dusk like shadows with wings. These creatures were known to become more active at nightfall.
