Two days had passed since the initial skirmishes—forty-eight hours defined by a rapid escalation of violence.
In the immediate aftermath of the first day, the Spriggans had been overwhelmingly decimating the operating squads of the War Hounds and reducing their numbers.
It had seemed for a brief window of time, that the War Hounds were weaker than they assumed. However, that illusion shattered the moment Aaron intervened.
It was easy with a babysitter.
Realizing his forces were being outclassed by the leveling speed of Reidar's allies, Aaron had launched a counter-strategy.
He was forced to increase the power-leveling spree, dragging the War Hounds through high-level monsters.
While they had not fully recovered the numerical losses suffered on the first day, the remaining forces recovered enough to mount an effective defense, and that just in two days.
Besides, attacks became harder to carry out due to a new, troubling variable: the War Hounds started using summoning skills.
