The third target with support is not so fragile, and the underground struggle provides the Pigmen with ample food. Likewise, they have suffered considerable losses, making it difficult to quickly organize a team able to destroy the stronghold.
The anticipated counterattack by Lance and the others did not materialize. Not a single Ascension Cultist showed up; instead, it was the Pigmen who seemed to have coordinated an assault.
This connection is quite seamless. One would hardly believe the old ancestor wasn't up to some tricks.
But where have those cultists gone?
In the vast wilderness, where will they appear?
At this moment, an Ascension Cultist walks out of the passageway, but waiting for him isn't gunfire or bayonets.
There's not even a flicker of firelight; rather, it is as quiet as in the nights of the wilderness past.
