When the system announced three waves of attacks, Faye Yardley initially assumed they would kill off one wave, take a short break, and then face the next. Clearly, she had taken things for granted. The polluted creatures seemed endless, offering simply no pause in the slaughter. Even Barrett Thorne, who initially thought he had nothing to do, gradually became swamped with combat after an hour. A little over two hours had passed, and casualties had already appeared.
