Her personal Combat Realizer armor still bore clear scrapes and scorch marks left from skirmishing with "Nightmare," and her face was etched with deep concern for the condition of her subordinates.
"Executive Ellen! Please wait a moment!"
Ryouko activated her device, flying closer with slight urgency, her tone frantic.
"My team members have endured several hours of prolonged standoff and high-intensity maneuvering against 'Nightmare'; both their physical stamina and mental concentration are nearing their limits!"
"The energy reserves of most members' Combat Realizers are critically low, their operational efficiency has dropped significantly, and some are even showing overload warnings. They urgently need to be withdrawn from the battlefield immediately for maintenance and recharging!"
She took a deep breath, meeting Ellen's cold gaze that seemed capable of freezing the soul, striving to maintain the dignity and sense of responsibility expected of a commanding officer:
"In this extremely unfavorable condition, continuing a strong assault against potentially multiple Spirits
especially the 'Herrscher of Reason', whose status is mysterious and abilities are uncanny, and the 'Nightmare', who is temporarily weakened but still extremely dangerous
"
"This... this is tantamount to ordering my most trusted subordinates to carry out a suicide mission! I cannot accept such an order!"
Ellen glanced coldly at Ryouko, her expression devoid of emotion, as if she were examining a defective tool.
She was about to speak, intending to use her absolute authority to suppress this insignificant voice of dissent
"Vrrrooom
BOOM
!!!"
The sky was suddenly enveloped by a deep, colossal roar!
The sound was like countless ancient behemoths roaring simultaneously above the clouds, carrying a heart-stopping sense of oppression!
Everyone subconsciously looked up, only to see the lead-gray clouds, so heavy they seemed ready to crush the earth, being violently ripped and torn apart by several immense shadows!
Several aerial battleships, the size of small mountains, with ferocious lines like sea monsters, and painted entirely with the scarlet emblem of DEM, slowly descended.
They resembled legendary steel fortresses floating in the sky; their massive shadows fell, instantly plunging half a city block, along with the solitary abandoned factory, into cold darkness, as if even the light had been swallowed.
"Hiss—"
The giant hatches on the battleships' broadsides and undersides burst open simultaneously, like a beehive overturning or the gates to hell being opened.
In the next moment, dense figures, like a metallic downpour, were precisely dropped down!
Those who landed first were an astonishing number of regular DEM Magician Unit members.
They were all covered in the latest generation of streamlined, highly aggressive standard Combat Realizers; the cold metal armor reflected a faint glow under the dim sky, and their standard-issue weapons were all in a ready-to-fire state.
Their movements were suffocatingly uniform; they descended silently, quickly occupying all high ground and tactical chokepoints, emanating an aura far more elite, cold, and purely born for war than the AST Unit.
Closely following them was an even larger number of combat drones, more hideous and terrifying in appearance
the [Phantom Beast: Bandersnatch].
These steel instruments of slaughter uniformly flashed an ominous scarlet light in their eyes; like a mechanical wolf pack that smelled blood, they slammed onto the ground with agility and precision that completely defied physical common sense, their heavy frames striking the earth with a dull, massive sound.
They quickly deployed into combat formations, creating airtight steel encirclements that completely locked down the entire abandoned factory area, making it impossible for even a fly to escape.
In the blink of an eye, DEM, with absolute numbers, overwhelming technological superiority, and highly efficient militarized action, completely took over and dominated this battlefield, transforming it into a massive arena designed for capture and annihilation.
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