This opportunity came faster than anyone had anticipated.
Only half a year after the Fifth Cycle began, the Black Tide once again massed at the edge of the horizon, pressing toward the Wizard Camp with decisiveness and resolve far surpassing any previous round.
After hearing the alarm, Jeming and the Logistics Department Wizards, though surprised, quickly made ready and busied themselves on the core observation platform of the legion's main formation.
Unlike the previous round, most of the observation instruments placed on the platform now were configured in duplicate.
One set consisted of old instruments "rescued" from the previous Cycle, repaired and recalibrated; the other set was newly built in this Cycle using the "reset" supplies.
Jeming's research team had decided to collect data while also running experiments, so the new machinery was for data collection.
