Chapter 111 - The Fireball
Medoferro’s power work looked like it should have gone a thousand miles an hour at the enemy, but it was designed to work a bit differently. Moving at about the speed of a catapult round, it moved towards the Mavelan forward camp just slow enough that everyone saw it coming, but fast enough that most of them didn’t have time to do anything about it.
It hit the ground in the midst of one of King Facie’s special regiments, burning and obliterating a good chunk of them. The flash and the fire caused more injuries and a few cases of blindness, as well as a large scale panic on both sides of the line. It took several minutes for the Mullinix side to begin to correct the problem. The Mavelans were not as lucky.
"Get them attacking!" Cholt yelled, silently thanking the gods for Medo’s interference, "We need to take them out now!"
While the Mullinix continued the attack the effects of the blast were noticed in other places as well.
"What the hell is that?" Paulus asked Suvorov in LaPorte’s office, "Which side did it come from?"
"It had to be Medo and Simon," Suvorov said, "We would have known had the Mavelans had anything like that."
"Whoa," Paulus said, watching the flash and cloud resulting, "That’s going to leave a mark."
"I’ve got control over most of this base," Suvorov said, "Maybe you should go find Medo, huh?"
"Right," Paulus nodded, still looking, "If there’s anything left."
The reactions was almost as immediate up in the Mavelan command, though for different reasons, as General Jagards didn’t witness the explosion itself, just the mad dash of soldiers afterwards.
"What the hell is going on down there?" Jagards yelled, "Why are people retreating like they saw a ghost? We were winning, damn it!"
"There was a major blast in our forward camp," one of the lieutenants said, "It originated from the Mullinix side. No one wants to face another one."
"Shit," Jagards growled, "Any contact out of LaPorte or his people?"
"The communications into LaPorte’s place were cut an hour ago," the lieutenant said, "Word is that LaPorte is either dead or arrested."
"Damn," Jagards said, "This isn’t good. Has our gracious king sent us a message yet?"
"Yes sir," the lieutenant said, "He said to fight until the Mullinix push us back onto the mountain. They won’t dare to take the mountain as it was never Mullinix property in the first place."
"I wouldn’t bet on that right now," Jagards said, using his spyglass, "They are pushing on us now. That damned fireball has started a rout."
"What do we do, General?" the lieutenant asked.
"Try to reform the lines while I think," Jagards said, "Just keep the Mullinix out of this base!"
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