CH543 Wildlands Grand Formation II
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"What's wrong?" Alex asked.
Sugud swallowed.
"If my calculations are correct… then a Maze Grand Formation surrounds the mountain."
Alex's gaze sharpened.
Sugud continued carefully.
"Contrary to what we're seeing, the berserk humans aren't simply standing there out of their own volition. They're likely trapped within a layered composite array."
He pointed to overlapping formation symbols.
"A combination of illusion, continuous spatial displacement, spatial confinement… and possibly even temporal distortion… amongst others"
He exhaled.
"In other words… from their perspective they may be moving. It is only from ours that they remain exactly where they appear to be."
Alex's eyes narrowed.
He frowned with scepticism clear in his eyes.
"That can't be right. None of the formations you mentioned are easy to construct—never mind combining them into a single Grand Formation. For that to be possible, this array would have to be pushing—"
