Settlement Command Post
Lyra received reports through Seraphina's telepathic network—dozens of voices screaming about unkillable white-skinned creatures destroying defensive lines.
"Eastern sector overrun! Those things don't die! They don't feel pain!"
"Central gates lost! We can't hold against them!"
"Western wall abandoned! Mass casualties! Retreating to settlement core!"
The reports came in waves, each one describing the same horror: thirty failed hero experiments rampaging through Third Line, killing settlement defenders and human soldiers indiscriminately.
Lyra's tactical mind processed the information with growing despair.
We're losing Third Line completely. The Fallen Heroes are breaking our defense faster than we can adapt.
She'd tried to organize coordinated responses—targeting the creatures' heads and hearts simultaneously, using overwhelming force, exploiting their mindless aggression.
