Mages struck from elevated positions, their spells targeting the joints and sensory arrays of the mechanized suits. Archers found firing angles that the repositioned formation had left exposed. Heavy combat specialists closed with those suits whose attention was focused on Jorghan, using shaped charges and armor-piercing ammunition to crack their defenses.
The battle transformed from a one-sided slaughter into genuine combat.
But the Aegismeka commander was adapting. "Secondary formation—break off and engage the elf positions. Primary formation—maintain fire on the blood mage. He's the lynchpin. Break him, and the rest will fall."
The Imperial troops split their forces, and suddenly the pressure on Jorghan's position doubled while simultaneously the defensive lines were being assaulted with renewed ferocity.
