Someone had been watching... Waiting for the right moment.
Which raised disturbing questions about how extensive Orion's intelligence network actually was. Did he have people in the castle? Informants who'd reported their route? Surveillance techniques nobody knew about?
Or had he simply positioned mutant forces at all possible ruins entry points and activated them when any were triggered?
Either possibility suggested preparation level exceeding what they'd given him credit for.
Julius eliminated another mutant approaching through the tunnel, a beast charging with opened jaws being intercepted by a strike that killed it instantly.
A dense mineral spear Julius pushed manually through its skull. Clean kill, another one down.
It was an easy victory like hundreds before during the last hours. But individual ease didn't change the general situation.
They'd been perfect so far. But perfection was unsustainable indefinitely. Eventually fatigue would cause error.
