The "Wrath of Gaia" operation had always been planned as a strike that would blossom from the center. The tunnels dug by 003 and the others led straight to the heart of the gnoll stronghold. Even Huxgeson's warlord tent lay within the blast radius.
Of course, the chosen warlord wasn't there at the moment, but that did nothing to diminish the spectacular results of the explosion.
The gnolls' armories and food stores, the area where their priests gathered, and even the Hunting Lord's makeshift shrine were all there. And at the Bloodscar Clan's command, any gnoll soldiers without combat assignments had to pray to the Hunting Lord beneath the shrine every day.
So when the explosion went off, far more gnolls were sent flying than anyone had expected. Among them were many Bloodscar priests who had been preaching the Hunting Lord's power.
That wasn't the only damage caused by the blast. The ground kept trembling and splitting for a full three minutes before it finally settled. The destruction far exceeded what an underground explosion of this size should have caused, leaving the NPCs and players who had planted the explosives staring at one another in bewilderment.
They had no idea what had gone wrong to make the blast so much more powerful. Quick, let me see what I messed up, write it down, and do the same thing next time!
But this wasn't the time to think about that.
"Follow me! Charge!"
As the tremors began to subside, Maxim rushed out at the head of the charge, his warhammer in hand.
The Kadman People's Army charged after their commander, fierce and fearless. Their human retainers followed, along with the players, restless and eager for battle. They surged up from underground like a raging torrent, desperate to devour everything on the