Some day, this will be a "Last.fm/NetFlix/Amazon for web fiction"
(both original and fanfiction) where you can search
across many different hosting sites or rate what you've read and
get recommendations. However, life keeps throwing more urgent
projects my way, so I don't know when it'll be ready.
The Darkmistress cursed under her breath as her eyes swept across the battlefield, listening to the screams and crashes, watching the volleys of projectiles crisscrossing through the air from all different locations to all different targets.
It's as though I'm trying to fight smoke! she raged inwardly. The enemy was hounding her forces mercilessly. Appear and disappear. Hit and fade. Every seeming advantage leading into another trap. While few of these warriors seemed as strong as the average youma in a direct fight, it was becoming clear that Jadeite's horde didn't have a tenth of their discipline, coordination or intelligence.
And the enemy commander knew it, too. Everything about this battle had been set up to maximize their foe's strengths and minimize their weaknesses. They had laid their ambush in a part of the city packed with shops and stores, the streets all narrow and intersecting, with few clear spaces. It was a tactical nightmare to try and employ their massive numbers down there, but ideal for the small, fast-moving teams opposing them to make vicious strikes, then vanish into the maze of buildings.
Not to mention those horrifyingly powerful little crones that kept popping up in the worst possible places...
The Dark Lords of Nerima, Chapter 18
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