There was only one way to find out. They had to take one of those shepherds and interrogate it. Get some answers. It was a risk. He was making their presence on the planet clear. But, if the transporter had left the system, they should have some time before more arrived.
Jacobus pointed to twelve of his best men, summoning them over. He began to give them their orders.
Three of the guards returned an hour later: scarred, singed, but alive. The other nine lay down on the slopes, or near the building where the demons' weapons had cut them down. Theirs was a glorious death. Their place in the heavens would be assured.
Jacobus studied the single enemy they'd captured. A tall being, its carapace flame red. It was injured as well: several large gashes in its exoskeleton seeped green gore. One
