Victory Through Annihilation

[Chapter 18]

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I left Estel and her people alone quickly as my focus was aimed elsewhere, I had calculated their choice already so there's no need to wait.

The ritual site was not far and is literally on the epicenter of the now quarantined zone that I had established.

A dimensional field that spanned several layers to ensure no escape as my forces guarded each layer and had a lot of defenses deployed.

Whatever they are summoning isn't good despite little worry I hold over the emerging threat.

But still it would be foolish for me to just underestimate what they're summoning as that thing could either summon more of its kind or bring an ever bigger threat.

A possibility that I can't allow as such I ordered immediate bombardment at the horde and their ritual site.

It must be stopped before it succeeds in whatever the Sarkics will summon, I'm a little surprise they even managed to infiltrate Ilraya.

The place is hard for any spy to walts in without being undetected past a week of arrival, but this was a flesh cult using esoteric source of magic.

They likely released some biological spore that assimilated or mind controlled the people of this world to easily set up and launch this new attack.

"Hold the line! Let none of the defilers and their false prophet breach through!" I snorted at the repeating lines honestly it was like their priest are making a sermon rather than an order.

While deployment of my forces was increasing steadily as we pushed them back deeper and deeper into their makeshift stronghold of flesh and bone.

They were becoming more desperate and some more resilient than the other, fighting with vigor that delayed me for a few seconds or less.

"For the All-Mother and her messiah!" It's confusing and irritating to see them go suicidal on my forces just so I could be delayed.

Exploding into gooey substances that quickly turned into a volatile ravaging biological chemical that chow down on some of my Rippers.

The shields were holding but even I know they can only do so much before their own defenses faltered and it will take quite a lot of damage to do so.

So that says a lot of whatever esoteric element they used to stand against me for a few good seconds before dying.

My casualty was low just in the two digits given I chose to fight them at a distance and those that that get close are quickly eviscerated by the Rippers own blades.

Seven Winnowers, I had deployed were now blockading the now diminishing territory they have even as their are intensifying their attacks.

Some Bio-Titan emerged and even some exotic defenses were activated the closer my forces reach the ritual site that was being bombarded by my Winnowers.

However the shield they deployed had prevented any meaningful damaged to the ritual sight which I now suspect was below underground.