The three hours of rest passed too quickly, Luthra woke to Kane shaking his shoulder, the older hunter's expression grim in the pre-dawn darkness.
"Syndicate's moving, scouts report they're repositioning their entire force, looks like they're preparing something big."
Luthra was on his feet immediately, exhaustion pushed aside by necessity, he followed Kane to the command post where Misha had tactical displays spread across tables, maps marked with enemy positions and defensive capabilities that were looking increasingly inadequate.
"They're pulling forces from secondary camps, consolidating everything into one massive assault formation," Misha pointed to the marked positions, "estimate three hundred soldiers moving into attack positions, all six remaining B-Rank hunters with them, and both A-Rank commanders are present which they haven't been for previous assaults."
