Dreams of the Ancient Aboleth Part 10-The Enemy Within part 2
"The undead in the city above had planned well. They had fortified themselves, laid deadly traps, and swelled their numbers greatly over time. They had experienced leaders and several tactical advantages as well. Our council had decided to take the upper city intact and that added a whole other level of complexity.
The conflict began and our assault followed with seemingly overwhelming numbers on our side. We enhanced our soldiers with both psionics and magic. They were sent to assault the city on three different fronts. Despite this, casualties began to quickly escalate, and our progress was stalled to near nothing. Choke points, traps, and cunning planning aided the undead, but also secretly treachery from “our” side. My treachery.
I secretly fed the undead our plans while hiding my identity and even aided them in planning their defense. They obviously were skeptical of my help at first but quickly found that I didn’t want the aboleth to win.
Yes. I needed them to win. I needed our forces to look weak. I needed Szeliraq to think him/her/its plan was working.
After several weeks of mounting casualties, my rival became bold enough to move. I prepared to spring the trap.