Vane pointed toward the central road. "Engage and delay."
[ORDER ISSUED: DELAY THE ENEMY]
The next infantry group came through the narrow ground between two overturned wagons, packed in tight because there was nowhere else to be.
James anchored the chain in the first man who fell.
[DEATH CHAIN ACTIVATED]
[COOLDOWN: 4 MINUTES]
[MENTAL STRAIN DETECTED]
The black cords went out through the press and took hold of six of them at once, and their formation came apart from the inside as men who could not move properly fouled the men who could. Ronan and Finn went into the middle of that and finished it.
[7 CROWN SOLDIERS SLAIN]
[EXP GAINED: 980]
[JAMES GANNER — EXP: 43,425 → 44,405 / 60,000]
[CALL OF SOULS]
[MANA RESTORED: +210]
[MANA: 2,810 → 3,020]
The strain arrived behind James's eyes and the junction went double for a moment, both versions of it sliding apart and back together.
He blinked it down and looked for the next thing to stop.
