"Phew! That was hectic and tiring!"
John stood in the centre of a vast, unnervingly quiet expanse. Where just hours ago a fortress of walls and towers had loomed, there was now nothing but open and empty plain.
The area was completely void of anything save for John himself and the flickering of the yellow fire pits he had scattered across the dirt to keep the encroaching cold and the darkness of the nighttime at bay.
His work had extended far beyond what he had initially imagined. When he first laid eyes on the Hiveminds' upgraded base, he thought the takeover process would take a few hours at most. Instead, he had been forced into a gruelling ten-hour marathon of work after night had fallen over the world.
He had eventually sent his friends away to different parts of the territory. They were tasked with thinning the relentless Wrathers herds, activating the mountain of cores they had harvested, and helping the Bulltors' army stabilise the front lines.
