An enemy that killed his own men just to clear a path was in fact a tactical asset as far as Sol was concerned.
Free kills were free kills.
Thankfully, Sol's paranoia and modern tactical mindset had taken strict precautions before the battle lines were drawn.
To avoid any premature detection by the enemy, he had explicitly ordered the allied forces to hold back. The four to five hundred Veynar and the thousand Zharun were not positioned anywhere near the main pass entrance.
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As the massive cloud of white dust slowly rolled back, the remaining three thousand warriors of the Coalition horde looked through the clearing space.
They saw the narrow, frustrating bottleneck completely erased, replaced by a wide, open ground where their massive numbers could finally spread out and fight.
