"Mannis, search the battlefield ahead of you for the bombardment markers launched by the Sentinel Legion. Use your temporal powers to evacuate every ally inside their marked areas!"
Murphy's shout rang out in Pipi Snake's mind, which had been in a complete panic. Pipi Snake immediately shrieked:
"What the hell are bombardment markers? How am I supposed to know what you're talking about? Instead of wasting time on this, can't you just drop a few more Scepters of God? We're about to get surrounded! Even the titans are having trouble holding them off.
They keep claiming they won't retreat, but I can tell they're panicking too."
"The Scepter of God is a precision decapitation weapon, not something you use for area attacks in a situation like this, you idiot! Even if I emptied the arsenal, I couldn't save you that way. Find those markers and get everyone out of there, now!
That thing is what'll save your hide!"
Murphy had no choice but to explain it to the ignorant Mannis. In practice, he grabbed the snake by the head in its mind and roared right into its face, snapping the shameless reptile out of its stupor. At Murphy's direction, it immediately began searching for the bombardment markers the Sentinel Legion had silently deployed on the battlefield.
They were easy to find.
One stood right at the center of the chaotic battlefield along the Astral Frontier, like a floating post topped with a light. It hovered there, flashing in a way that drew everyone's attention and warned of imminent danger. The huge circle it projected in every direction marked the approximate area about to be hit by the incoming weapons.
Still, the bombardment zone looked far too small to be convincing. Its diameter was only about fifteen kilometers, and its effective