The Indigenous Allied Forces were highly effective. Under the desperate cover of the other troops, they actually managed to tear open a gap and send the Warrior Legion through.
Some warriors held back the pursuing enemy to clear a path, while the rest charged toward the Alchemical War Chariot troops.
And it wasn't just the Alchemical War Chariot troops. They had the Legion's guards, too.
Even the Alchemical War Chariot crews alone were elite Bone Spirits, handpicked from the best.
When the heavily armored crews grabbed their swords and staffs and rampaged through the Warrior Legion, the desperate Indigenous warriors were overcome with despair.
They had thought that once they made it past the front lines, they could destroy the Other Plane invaders' Alchemical War Chariot troops. Instead, they had run into the elite of the elite.
The Alchemical War Chariot crews were all at least Third-Rank Bone Spirits. Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Rank Bone Spirits were the standard.
The Alchemical War Chariot troops were a sharp spear, but also a sturdy shield.
"Admirable courage, but you came to the wrong place!"
The Warrior Legion fell just short of success, and Medivh praised their courage.
But courage wasn't everything. In the face of an absolute gap in strength, their fierce bravery could only make their deaths more tragic; it couldn't change the outcome.
"We've failed? Heaven wants Asara destroyed!"
When the Alchemical War Chariot troops' artillery fire intensified again, the allied commanders' faces turned ashen.
All their efforts had been a joke. They'd achieved nothing and only hastened their own destruction.
"This is bad! The Other Plane invaders have opened a Plane Portal at our headquarters. The capital is under attack!"
As the allied commanders began their third retreat, bad news arrived one blow after another.
Spore Queen Luna had opened