A/n: it seems that I wrote two chapters and forgot to publish! Silly !
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"Troopers!" Jon called, "Advance!"
For the first ti in a thousand years, the dark and quiet Blackreach witnessed an all-out war that no one of its locals anticipated.
The humans who were invading through the Great Lift sward down the stone slope and started a slaughter never seen years. Almost a Thousand Dare Troopers were active in this operation.
The small army divided itself into 4 teams. The vanguard, led by Jon, headed towards the heart of the city where the Dwarven Colossus was stationed; they sward towards a location known as the Silent City. The right flank was led by Wulfur as they advanced westward at a location known as Reeking Tower in order to attract as many Dwarven Animunculi as possible and destroy them. The left flank was led by Jullanar and that group headed towards the forest of Glowing Mushrooms in order to root out and kill the Falr. Finally, the Rearguard was a group consisting of magic casters and they were led by Alina who held the stone slope in front of the fortified hub.
"Advance to the first choke point! Secure it and wait for confirmation from the other team! GO!"
Jon's team were mostly Vanguard Troopers, a pack of brutal axen carrying round shields, axes, and short and long spears, their specialty is crowd control. While this team was the slowest, it was systematic with its movent and had a basic knowledge of what to expect in a Dwarven Ruin.
Jon stood on a Storm Atronach Bear as led this party and pointed out all the places from which resistance shall co.
anwhile, Wulfur's team was fast-paced but lightly-armored. This team carried large weapons carrying simple Shock Damage enchantnts which are going to play a pivotal role in their mission. This mission is to disable as many Dwarven Animunculi as possible and divert the attention of the Animunculi from Jon's party with their loud and fast movent.
The third team was the one Jullanar was leading, it headed south in the dark cavern area away from the Dwarven Ruins. While this team wasn't all that stealthy, they were completely silent as if they stopped breathing. The Troopers on that team were Archers and they were all wearing muffled boots and non-tallic armor. This team was to intercept the Falr infestation in the outskirts of the Silent City.
The fourth team, which is Alina's, was the support squad. A role that Alina mastered too damn well.
The other side was a nacing enemy, a walking chanical giant, a machine beyond what is sensible.
If it was the large Dwarven Centurion, which terrorized the Dungeon Delvers for years, it would have been a piece of cake to deal with if it was only 4 or 5 troopers. But this thing was gargantuan with lots of unknown abilities.
The re sound of its dynamo core made the sheer idea of fighting it seem unrealistic. Who in their right minds would charge towards that thing.
Jon chose the mont to take action to be the mont when the Dwarven Colossus is at the farthest point it reaches during its patrols and the Troopers would have enough ti to blast the number of the enemies around the Silent City and get a chance to retreat and regroup with the others.
The noise started to co from the western front as Wulfur pulled the right flank away from the Animunculi swarm and activated a chain of rune traps imprinted on the ground by Alina's team. The Animunculi are programd to spot traps and neutralize them but it seems that during combat, this function seizes to take action as they focus on annihilating the enemy.
"Like a moth to the fla." Wulfur said as the blasts started echoing through Blackreach and hordes upon hordes of Dwarven Spiders started coming from every nook and cranny to compensate for the losses.
On the other side, Jullanar had a ga of hide and seek with the Falr. Those blind fiends had an outstanding sense of hearing which gives them an overwhelming advantage in the darkness. This advantage was eliminated by Jullanar's silent squad.
With their light steps, the troopers took down the Falr patrols with ease before running into a camp full of Falr Younglings and Chaurus Insects. To avoid an open battle, the team marked the periter of the camp and moved away.
A minute later, Fireballs descended on the camp and obliterated it to nothingness. This was Alina's squad as their support role was to bombard things from distance.
Every once in a while, a signal would be sent to Alina that a place had been marked and she would instruct the Destruction Mages to carpet the locations with fire. The long-range staff combined with the Marking spells proved to be outstandingly useful at creating this strategy.
Wulfur's team arrived at the Reeking Tower and scared the location by destroying all the hatches which the Dwarven Animunculi use to travel.
Jullanar quickly crossed the mushroom forest and secured part of the ruins in the shape of a bridge that was utilized to snipe the Falr on both sides.
Lastly, Jon's team spread through the ruins and dismantled any form of Dwarven technology in their way until nothing was left standing between them and the Silent City.
"Steel your nerves, n." Jon called as his group was finally advancing towards the center of the ruin.
"Boss, we're too close to the thing. We can feel its footsteps." Officer Ivar called.
"Here goes the plan." Jon called, "There is sothing in this place we need to secure. Once we have it, you will retreat and I will stay to face the Colossus."
Initially, Jon spoke about sothing that he wanted to secure in the fort-like building in the middle of the ruins of the silent city. He didn't go in-depth about the nature of the subject but to those n, he made it feel like sothing important.
As he said, there was indeed sothing important for him to secure. Any player who went to the central area of the Silent City under the great fake sun of Blackreach has once encountered them.
"Trap Formation!" Jon called.
Instantly, the troopers started to separate into an array of small square formations carrying their shields and patiently waiting. This formation is basically used against enemy cavalry in order to trap them and annihilate them with long pikes.
However, this situation was not against cavalry and the spears were ordered down. The only thing to be used was the shields and the shields alone.
And here they ca.
Confused expressions appeared on the faces of the Troopers as they saw what charged at them.
People… simple and normal people.
They were mad, screaming, grunting, acting like the Falr, and charging at the Troopers with sticks and axes.
Those are Falr Servants, what remains of those who are kidnapped by the Falr and not eaten. Mindless crazed folk.
The Trap formation worked as it should. The enemy would charge at the first line but et a heavy resistance with the unmovable shield wall. Once they think about entering the trap formation, which is inevitable in so cases, they would be t with chains and ropes.
The Falr Servants scread madly. Between them was a score of Nords, Imperials, Khajiit, Bosr, and a lot of Dunr.
Their origins may vary but the truth is that many Adventurers fall to the Falr and many travelers who tend to camp beside the mountains get kidnapped at night. The tragic thing is that when the Falr get too bold, they would get off their caves in winter and raid the villages they co across. A situation that happens around Dawnstar more than it should.
There was no hope for the Falr Servants against the Troopers. Without using any lethal force, the Troopers started bashing the crazed folk with their shields and tightened the formation around those who charged between the array, chaining and tying them.
But the second round was already there.
"Incoming arrows! Raise your shields!" Jon called.
Imdiately after that, arrows started to flow down from the top of the ruin as the Falr started to shoot them at the humans.
Their plan was to send the servants in order to confuse the humans then pick them off with arrows. Despite their blindness, the cunning Falr were good at this kind of play, and their hearing substituted for their sight with an exceptional echolocation-like ability which Gluttony absorbed.
"Alina." Jon spoke faintly and a second later, a barrage of Fireballs descended on the Falr above the ruins and wiped them off.
"Take the prisoners and retreat."
And that was the last command Jon gave to his n before his battle.
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