Cloudbridge City was no longer the peaceful coastal refuge it had once been. From the moment the helicopter blades began to slow and the landing skids touched the cracked pavement of what used to be a quiet boulevard, Jayden could already feel the difference in the air.
The sky above the city had turned into a battlefield of smoke trails and blazing streaks of energy, and the once familiar skyline of homes and small commercial towers was now scarred with fire and rising plumes of blackened ash.
In the distance, Sovereign Protocol aircrafts hovered like metal vultures, releasing calculated bursts of destructive force that tore through structures with terrifying precision.
