The shadows their leaders kept singing praise about got easily shattered by the incoming masters. And now they had to fight an enemy who got the upper hand, high moral, and the good reasons to win this war.
Masters didn't come here for loot, but to exert revenge. And revenge was always one of the reasons to push anyone beyond their limits.
William watched how these dark masters tried to run, tried to regroup and fight back, yet all was futile. The masters were unstoppable, and as they spotted their archenemies, they turned into true monsters.
The situation was heading much better than what he initially expected. As for the racing up master armies from behind, they still needed an hour or two to arrive at the Black Holes region. Yet their high end masters could already see the amazing results Sloth's army brought.