After Black Servant Sen led the ratmen in successfully carrying out the "blooming at the center" tactic in the middle of the swarm's battle formation, the tide beneath the walls of Shadowdeep City soon began to turn.
No one knew how long the ratmen could hold out against the swarm's assault, but now that the battlefield had effectively been cut in two, Lady Ferrosil, temporarily serving as Shadowdeep City's frontline commander, acted decisively and launched a counterattack.
The players who had already set up heavy weapons on the walls provided fire support. The Fallen God's Children led the charge, followed closely by the family guards loyal to Lady Drusilia.
As they charged toward the swarm, the bodies of those who had fallen in battle rose again under the Nether King's decree, serving as guides and shields for the living as they led them in a campaign of annihilation.
The Shadow Grandmother was clearly watching the battle at the walls. When the elves began their charge, the mage towers on the staggered stalactite platforms in the Upper City also gathered their psionic energy and unleashed a large-scale bombardment on the front lines. On top of that, the Spider Lady was especially generous with her aid today. Lolth was practically straining every muscle to help her followers.
For the first time in several months, the shadow elves could once again draw on Lolth's divine power in seemingly limitless quantities.
They could use not only the data-based divine spells granted through the World Wide Web, but also the "traditional Abyssal spells," which had been made available again. For a time, all sorts of sinister divine spells bloomed across the battlefield.
However, to be honest, all those flashy tricks were not particularly effective against the swarm.
The insects attacking Shadowdeep City had been specially