Another aberration Legion has been annihilated in the conflagration and thunderous Skyfire; their fearless assault could not breach the defenses of the mortals, merely delaying the activation time of the purification devices slightly—a sharp wail echoed within the neural network as the neural signals from the large number of eliminated lower units resounded across the command nodes formed by dark priests until only a faint ripple remained when it reached the highest node.
The dry wind swept across the hills and wastelands. Balken's withered and twisted branches quivered slightly in the breeze, and the Grand Dark Archbishop listened to the distant sounds with the wind. The wails of the lowly, mindless nodes at their demise sounded to him like a distant dream. After several minutes, the leader of the dark priests awoke from the "dream" and gradually refocused on the reality before him.
