Seeing little issue with the choice of assignment her soldiers had given themselves, Velvetica did not choose to intervene.

It was best to prepare as quickly as possible, for tonight was when they'd strike.

On one hand, it was possible to deny the fact that the cultists preferred to raid at night, for the element of surprise. But at the same time, that same tactic could be turned against them. If they were distracted by the bait, and the destruction of their blasphemous idols, then they would be far less prepared in the darkness.

And the night could work as a cloak for the Lions just as well as it had for the cult.

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It was a moonless, cloudy night. Not a star could be glimpsed through the thick veil of clouds, though there did not appear to be a storm incoming.

To put it simply, it was an ideal night for an ambush.

The ambush point was not too far from the location of the cult's operations, near the disturbed earth and the greatest concentration of effigies, using the natural landscape as a barrier from which they could attack. The bait had been embedded with skilled warriors, but in truth it was only intended to gain the cult's attention. It was the destruction of their effigies that would lure them into taking direct action.

It was true. There was no way the cultists were unaware of their presence.

But that wouldn't matter in the face of fanaticism.

Velvetica had positioned herself with the ambush team.

Now it was simply a matter of time. They had their attention, certainly, so drawing them out was the next step.

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