Instead of one or two infection points that could have been contained, there were now dozens of different sites where golden spores began expanding throughout the army.
The transformation was devastating to witness. What had been orderly formations just minutes before now resembled a patchwork of chaos, each infection site creating its own circle of disruption that rippled outward like stones thrown into still water.
"Situation report!" Kharzan roared while watching his ordered formation convert into multiple chaos zones.
His voice carried across the command area with the desperate expression of a leader watching his plans crumble in real time. The sound of distant screaming and confusion provided a grim backdrop to his demands for information.
"We estimate between thirty and forty successful impact points," Valdris reported, quickly consulting the messages that kept arriving with relentless frequency. "The infection is beginning to expand from each point."
