The demon Councilor had ventured into the Pandemonium again, to lead a better reconnaissance and to make some most rough maps for the lords to follow on. That time though, it had not gone without trouble. The vengeance-seeking Infernals were expecting him, launching a powerful assault on the renegade Pandemonium leader. Many of his bodyguard Devils had fallen in that battle, but having an advantage, he still had managed to fight back and return to the Empire safely. It was later decided that Arabat should not step into the Pandemonium again; he was obviously being tracked and it would be rather sad to lose such a valuable advisor, especially at the times of war with the Infernals, where the experience he could provide was unique.
The defense of the camps near the breaches on the other side has already lasted for almost a week, but the never-ending demonic reinforcements simply kept arriving, and the next stage suggested by councilor Arabat has been finally brought into motion. Carefully moving forward step by step and fighting the infernal abominations fiercely, the Lords explored the new hostile territory, following the rough maps drawn by councilor Arabat after his adventurous march. It wasn't long until they discovered the "Gates" the demon councilor had spoken about.
Those constructions were mobile portals, giving way to more reinforcements from distant corners of the Pandemonium. As long as they were functioning, the Empire would have to fight them constantly until defeating the entire population of the Pandemonium, which in itself was impossible since, according to councilor Arabat, the Pandemonium was so infested with demons that its population counted dozens of times more creatures. Luckily, they were quite fragile, breakable by even mediocre army stacks.
New orders arrived without much delay:
Heed, Lordship!
You have succeeded in moving forward and locating the devices that demons use to summon reinforcements. They are manually created portals – “Gates” that need to be destroyed by all means. In combats, plan the moves of your creatures so that they are destroyed as soon as possible, otherwise you might easily find yourselves overrun by the demonic reinforcements.
Remain strong and cooperate! If you fight in well-balanced vanguards, those demon groups will be squashed! |
