The Death of Hassan of Serenity

On the battlefield amid the mountains, countless reconnaissance drones blanketed the sky, swarming through the air with a continuous droning that was painfully shrill and headache-inducing.

In midair, several dozen Righteous Knights served as control hubs. Shielded by layers of drones, they issued commands to the swarm.

They controlled the drones filling the sky, sending them crashing into the Rune barrier ahead in an attempt to break through its defenses.

On the ground, thousands of Righteous Knights did the same, stationed around the barrier and launching attacks in an attempt to shatter it.

Or perhaps they intended to use the overwhelming, saturated attacks of so many Righteous Knights to exceed the barrier's capacity to sustain itself...