Chapter Two: Stealing a City in Forty Seconds

The gate lifted. Water carried the super minions back toward the rail—and joined the entire map's drainage network into a single conductor. Shen Yan fired into the puddle beneath his feet. Electricity leaped across mid, crossed the river, and raced down the bottom drain. It struck the transport core and nudged it the final three steps. Iron Veil's defender arrived. The transport core detonated. Their station fell from twenty-three percent to zero just as a super-minion shell struck Ember's core. White light swallowed both bases. Silence lasted one second. [RESULT: TRANSPORT CORE RESOLUTION PRECEDED SIEGE DAMAGE BY 0.17 SECONDS.] [EMBER VICTORY.]