Chapter 389: Rain Break
Cassiel and the Expedition team went for a pincer attack on the Capitol building, the first half of the former Expeditionary team attacked the main entrance, while they came in from above, shattering their way through one of the observation balconies as they fought to keep the demons below the highest government offices.
When the power went out, the elevator shafts and stairwells became chokepoints, but even slightly exhausted from her earlier training, Cassiel was a force to be reckoned with as she flooded each floor with her Hekatoncheries, allowing Auric and the others to sweep in and deal with the demons strong enough to fight through her pervasive magic.
Together they forced the demons into a tighter and tighter pocket, but it was only when Cassie was forced to step back to regain some of her mana that she stopped to think.
Why are they still fighting?
It didn’t make any sense for the demons to kill all the angels they came across - not even taking hostages - and then continue to fight for every floor. There were plenty of windows they could have fled out of, and yet they stayed on, shouting war cries and fighting hard even though they were cornered.
Three of the Expedition’s Elevated died, and one angel, in exchange for the lives of dozens of demons.
They didn’t even get minutes to rest before Auric was on a short-ranged comm with the Black Tower, trying to figure out what was happening and where they were needed next.
It was in the middle of this confusion that she felt it.
A familiar and yet alien mana rising from below.
It flew past faster than she could see, rising far above the offices where the seniormost administrative angels were posted.
But the only thing up there was...