Demeterra's second wave of agents was not subtle.
The first wave — Carden and his colleagues — had been reconnaissance. Observe. Assess. Report. Clean operations with minimal footprint.
The second wave was sabotage.
Three teams, twelve operatives total, deployed across the Iron Covenant's trade network with specific objectives: disrupt supply lines, poison Iron Mark confidence, and identify the Ordinator's covert operations within Demeterra's territory. They carried blessed equipment — Growth-domain tools designed to accelerate organic decay in stored grain, weaken timber structures through accelerated rot, and contaminate water supplies with non-lethal but debilitating biologicals.
They lasted nineteen days.
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Harsk caught the first team because of the grain.
