Juli began fooling with her bangs again. "Well, I..."

But before she could get the rest of her words out, a loud crashing sound bellowed out and the floor reverberated, strongly enough to send Juli falling to the ground.

An attack? That was the first thing that came to Juli's mind. She only heard sounds like that before when she was on board the Ryvius. She scrambled to her feet and rushed to the nearest window. In the distance, smoke billowed out from a dense forest.