Lyra, after careful consideration of the risks and the potential rewards, made a calculated decision. Abandoning the supply cache entirely would cripple their operations. Instead, she authorized Torvin and Seraphina’s daring raid, viewing it as a high-stakes gamble to create a diversion and buy time to relocate at least a portion of the supplies.

  Torvin and Seraphina, along with a small, hand-picked team, moved swiftly to intercept the Dominion forces marching towards the abandoned village. They chose a narrow pass, utilizing the natural terrain to their advantage. Their plan was simple but dangerous: a swift, brutal ambush designed to sow chaos and delay the Dominion advance.

  As the Iron Legionnaires entered the pass, their disciplined ranks marching in formation, the resistance team struck with sudden and coordinated ferocity. Torvin, his earth aura surging, triggered rockfalls and created fissures in the path, disrupting the Legion’s advance and creating confusion. Seraphina and her team moved like shadows, striking at officers and key personnel, sowing panic and disarray within the Dominion ranks.

  The ambush was bloody and effective in its initial stages. The disciplined Legionnaires, caught off guard in the narrow confines of the pass, suffered significant casualties and their advance was thrown into chaos. However, their superior numbers and training soon began to assert themselves. The resistance team, though inflicting heavy damage, risked being overwhelmed.

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  Meanwhile, Lyra, utilizing the chaos created by Torvin and Seraphina’s attack, dispatched another team to the abandoned village to begin moving the most crucial supplies to a new, more secure location. The success of this operation hinged on the duration and effectiveness of the decoy raid.

  However, the Iron General was not easily fooled. He had anticipated the possibility of a diversion and had split his forces. While a significant contingent engaged Torvin and Seraphina in the pass, another, larger force continued its march towards the village. The resistance’s carefully laid plan was in danger of being outmaneuvered.

  The decoy had bitten, drawing the Iron General’s attention, but the larger trap remained sprung. The resistance now faced the grim prospect of a direct confrontation at the supply cache, even as their brave diversionary force fought a desperate battle in the pass. The price of information had led them into a perilous gamble, and the odds were rapidly turning against them.