Approaching the fortress was bloody.
Unlike my first siege. The defenders had all the ammo they could spare and they used it. Thousands were dying on our side a second from the overwhelming firepower coming from the Drakoshi.
And then there were the thermobaric annihilators, the boomsticks, there were multiple firing their specialised ammo into the ranks. Psionic individuals were powerful, but even I knew I couldn't survive a blast from one of those things. In an instant thousands more die in a clean line. Leaving nothing behind except a burnt landscape in the shape of a large tear.
As we continued forward, I saw one turn its barrel towards us and I gulped. Almost immediately the Nymphs began to activate their armours, shields began to manifest just in time as the weapon fired.
Heat. I could feel the heat. Painful heat. Something I had forgotten since my resistance to flames was so high due to Sol.
