Tyre! (8)

"Sir."

The panting legionary gave a swift bow.

"Colonel Ivanov has requested reinforcements. He fears the Blood Axes Legion will soon break through his positions and seize the forward areas."

Yushikin nodded slowly. He knew this would happen, and he had prepared for it.

"Send a team of Wizards to reinforce Ivanov. Bring the Holy Bone Stele, and tell him that if the defense fails, he must not let the Orks gain a foothold easily."

The officer nodded quickly and turned to leave.

Yushikin sighed. He did not like using sorcery on such a large scale in war, but this was not the time to dwell on it.

Through the Holy Bone Stele, the Wizards could jointly cast a short-range teleportation spell, allowing them to move freely through Hanan and enter or leave even the most heavily defended locations.

As best he could, Yushikin forced himself not to think about how this sorcerous creation was made from the skulls of fallen soldiers, and turned his attention back to the battle before him.

Using the Holy Bone Stele, the Wizard team could jump directly to the steelworks without having to infiltrate the Ork lines.

But on the other hand, there were too few of them to turn the tense battle around. All they could do was delay it.

"Another Ork force has been stopped at the freight station, sir, but Colonel Harden has suffered heavy losses. You were right; ambushing those beasts was not easy."

Another messenger continued his report. Yushikin drew his gaze back from the faint firelight at the edge of the horizon, only to see a mushroom cloud shooting into the sky.

They were fighting on two fronts. They could not win both.

The Orks had enough troops to spread across the battlefield, while they could not even