As the battle wore on, the two retreated into the communications room. After all, there were only so many stones, Efferal had only a small pistol, and the Greenskin Monsters seemed endless.
This was the spacefaring age, after all. Though the Orc Dakkajets looked like engines slapped together with metal plates and junk, and rattled everywhere as they flew, they truly functioned normally—and flew incredibly fast.
The Greenskins' numerical advantage rivaled that of the Zerg. The two had shot down two squads of Dakkajet Boyz, but more Dakkajets kept arriving from afar.
This was only a small Orc outpost, after all. Who knew how many Greenskins there were across the entire planet? When and where had they grown?
Yet the Orcs' large-scale movement undoubtedly stirred the other factions into action once more, and all manner of aerial battles erupted across the skies of the planet again.
"We're running low on ammunition."
Just as she had said before, Efferal blocked the door below that led into the communications room. She had put away her bolter and switched to a combination of a flame pistol and Power Sword.
Fortunately, the enemy was Greenskins, so the pressure she faced was not particularly great. The Greenskins beneath the Tower swarmed up the stairs in a rush, scrambling to attack first. The beginning had been the most dangerous moment, but later, their own corpses blocked the already narrow passage, forming a green dam before the Battle Sister.
Standing atop the piles of corpses, she slashed down at the newly arriving Greenskins from above. Only when the bodies piled up so high that she could no longer swing her arms did she use the flamer to burn some away.
Su Ming guarded the balcony leading from the communications room to the outside. Aside from a few