As John monitored the map, he saw the machines emerging in successive batches, each formed of a few thousand units.
The moment they appeared, the sensors of his tight grid picked up their presence, locked on them, and sent the data back to the defences around. Instantly, a fierce wave of attacks erupted from the towers, cannons, and the massive mobile fortresses he had spread around the perimeter.
He had expected a strong wave of attack, but he never expected the devastation to be this absolute, or for the machines to struggle so violently just to find a footing in the middle of the deadly storm raining on top of their metallic heads.
When he thought back to his previous encounters, he recalled that the yellow monsters were always protected by a shroud of lightning during their appearance. Furthermore, they always moved in batches out of the den.
