Chapter 238: Bigger and Scarier Threat

The marshal’s voice rung on the Comms Channel:

“Juliet Units, suppress the enemies in the entire northern quadrant. Romeo Units will take care of the east and west sides.”

[Roger that, Cap’n.]

[Loud and Clear.]

He stretched and waved a gesture like a Fuhrer, as a stern and stolid command reverberated like thunder and lightning.

“Begin operation.”

*****

Billion gave the command, “Pull down the barrier and find cover! Mark the enemies’ locations and prepare for a follow up attack.”

After the execution of this order, the dark sky of Akhenaton’s territory was lit up by fire along with the sounds of explosions that rung all throughout the Walled City of Alexandria.

Eeeeeeeuuuuummmmm….B-BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

BOOM….! BOOOOOOOM!!!

The sound of these explosions were enough to give one the illusion that thunderclouds had formed two meters away from them and that these explosions were thunder that clapped directly inside their heads.

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The ground shook violently with every banging sound of every explosion…

The wind became dry with a turbid murky feel of tar and dust…

…and the smell of burnt blood and flesh added the sensation of a real battlefield in Alexandria, along with the cries of agony and suffering uttered by the targets of these exploding rounds…

Such… was the dark side of war. And although City Lord Billion could feel that they have won this invasion, there was still something else in between these lines that didn’t taste good at all.

*****

[Begin Operation.]

The marshal’s voice sounded like an imperial decree on the Comms Channels.

Simultaneously, in the sky, 18 groups of the flying Cyclones split into three; one large part of them burst forth and went forward, the two on the left and right flanks shifted directions to the east and the west sides. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

[You heard the Captain, boys… time to roll out.]

[We like to, sir!]

[This is Romero-Seven One, commencing dive…]

[This is Romeo-Nine Three diving…]

[This is Rome-Three Four diving…]

[This is Romero-Two…

[This is Romeo-Six…]

*****

There were two types of assault formation used by the Cyclones:

(1) artillery suppression, codename: Romeo.

(2) bomber strike, codename: Juliet.

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[This is Juliet-Alpha, we’ve reached the target.]

[Alright…!! Light ‘em up! Light ‘em up!!]

[These bunch o’ fackas dared to coy the Cap’n so Ole Billy here a’ gonna show a bit of respect and burn ‘em up to their arses.]

[Hah! You guys heard Billy. Show them no mercy!]

[Aye! Sir. Alright miniskirts, time to light up some fireworks!]

[Go. Go! GO!!!]

*****

Out of these two formations, they were divided to nine squads of nine units each with Alphas that acted as squad leaders, and each squad had number that corresponds to their unit-code in the fleet.

As such, one could see that with each wave of diving Cyclones, it was comprised of 81 to 90 units each; forming a cycle of two three runs for one cycle.

One Run only lasts for a few moments while the second will follow after a few seconds and then the third.

When the third run finished, the units on the first run would have circled back to begin the second the cycle of the suppression formation.

For the remnants of The Legion, it was a cruel way to rally them up and finished them.

Yes, this is a game…

But this game is being used by the UNICORN to train their military personnel.

Perhaps, if one would be observant, in the central continent of Zenturo, in the Human-Terran Empire built in the largest city in the game, Castle City Jeremiah, it could even be said that almost an entire 30% of all its players were all military personnel of the World Government.

They were the ones carefully selected and was sent inside the game of Terroa; to select the [Human Race] in their careers then play the game solely relying on inventions and skills that befits the same limitations as that of a normal human…

All for the sake of training these control-talented personnel to get used to using “nanotech” that is also an equivalent technology in the real world.***

That’s the reason why despite how famous Marshal D’Catch had been, he was still inside the game.

In terms of his military service, he is doing his job.

He had never once set foot in the battlefield as a player and solely dedicated himself on building his skills in the stage of battleship warfare.

Because… that was his assignment.

Inside the game though, he had to find his own way to accomplish this task and so joining any Guild or Organization does not matter as long as he was able to train in his job.

And it was the reason why he had never even had the notion of ever getting anything while he was in the service of The Legion.

His whole attention was training himself to be the most outstanding Warship Captain.

But… it doesn’t mean that he would tolerate what The Legion did to him. It was one thing to not tell him anything about the so called ‘wages’ but to be the only one who had no idea about it… and even ostracized and secretly laughed at because of being passionate to his job in The Legion…

They… have just crossed his bottom line.

“Fire.”

Upon his command, although the Lambda-Class warships were specialized sniping-class warships, it was still equipped with few mid-ranged Tier-1 cannons.

Although too few in numbers and too weak to even pierce through warship hulls, they could still be used to these minor bombardment task.

A single warship’s bombardment can still scare the hell off an entire battalion of foot soldiers…

…what more are nine combined?

B-BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM!

There were just too many red colored flare lights with their red smokes rising to the skies to choose from; and with the coordinated attacks of the many Cyclones and the suppressing bombardment fires of the warships floating in the air, it made sure that any member of The Legion couldn’t survive against this onslaught.

It was like an Alien Armageddon had come to Alexandria as these warships floated above their heads like a looming slow-flying bird formation.

Cyclones made a run and used their Vulcans to fire at the Legionnaires who was in the area of the red flares.

After the first was the second run.

…and a third…

…a fourth…

The Cyclones flew in circles as they dived down to eradicate the targets while the strategic air strikes of the Juliet Team were also trashing enemies on the Northern Quadrant of the city…

….with the floating warships becoming a living hell for The Legion with their bombardment that rained down to the enemies in the southern quadrant.

Screams of terror could be heard here and there but D’Catch never ceased his attacks.

His face stolid, grim… and angry.

The Armstrong Family is a noble family that was built in the name of ‘nobility’ and every man in the family is a noble gentleman that upholds the dignity of an upright and thoughtful person.

But… the backbone of the surname “Armstrong” wasn’t made up of marshmallows.

As such, for every grievance shown, a hammer of justice must be used to retaliate.

“You brought this upon yourselves.” Arms on his chest, D’Catch looked down as the areas where the enemies have been marked were obliterated with cannon fires, bombings, and Vulcan hales.

One had to take note that a Vulcan’s bullet can pierce through a Tier-2 armor hull of a warship. It may not be enough to destroy a warship but it was enough to bring it down with enough suppression.

What could mere flesh amount to against it?

Adding in the bombardment from above, the few remaining members of The Legion was routed to oblivion in less than fifteen minutes.

The city was still trashed but it not to the point that it can’t be salvaged by reconstruction.

In fact, if the members of The Legion had been left to run amok in the city, the damages in the city as a whole would have been more devastating than just a few streets and buildings destroyed.

*****

The efficiency and the brutality of this sight left City Lord Billion gasping and panting.

Yes, The Union had their own armada that was even twice or thrice as large as the Black Mustache Unit.

But the efficiency and accuracy of this operation had left him astounded as it only took them less than fifteen minutes to complete suppress all of the remnant members of The Legion that invaded Alexandria.

“Scary.” He lamented and looked up.

Through the darkness of the eternal night curse of Akhenaton, he could see the blinking indicator lights of the warships, along with the silhouette of their formation with the chipped moon as the bright background.

“Wait…. WHAT THE FUDGE HAPPENED TO THE MOON?!!”

As soon as this loud cry resounded, an assistant rushed on his side to make a report after a salute.

“Sir, there are many major things that had happened to this invasion of the enemies.”

Billion could only scowl at the man as he almost wanted to choke the living hell out of his mouth for telling him this now of all the times.

He calmed down and spoke with a hiss, “Report.”

“Sir! The Moon has been destroyed by Donar, who by the way have been found out to be Dilim of the Company who… later on, found out to be none other than Siva. So in short, sir, Akhenaton who was thought to have been owned by Donar and the mysterious organization called The Company —were all part of, or perhaps even owned by, none other than Siva.”

The man gave a salute and waited for further instructions from the now wide eyed and gasping for air Billion.

His chest heaved up and down as tried to pull up his wits to try to connect this thing together.

“So that’s how… that’s why Thorn said earlier that they had trashed The Legion. That means that Siva just destroyed the moon as he defeated The Legion and Kladis in passing?”

As his thoughts ventured on this direction, he also felt horrified at this fact.

“Not even pioneers have reached that level of power yet but Siva had done so in just a short amount of time!”

There were no shortage of information regarding Siva and amongst this information was the few not yet verified rumors that says he hadn’t played the game for a very long time.

“But there is no use thinking about it. If he’s this powerful, it only shows that he’s going to be an enemy of The Union in the future.”

Having resolved on whose side he’d choose, he looked at the panel in front of him, seeing the scene where the ‘golem knight’ that absorbed the buildings around the central plaza now in the middle of transforming into something else.

…something… that beckons a morbid kind of fear that seeps deep in anyone’s bones.

“What a disgusting yet very horrifying sight!”

Earlier, he had gathered the data and the live feed of the golem knight and was now watching it as it hammered its fists on the ground like a gorilla with a now more than 95% assimilated squid-dragon warship on its left shoulder. In fact, its entire left arm was larger than the other.

Its very actions itself seem to show that it was trying to drive off invisible insects flying around its head, or hammering down and battering something akin to a monster trying to pull its legs towards the ground.

The movements of its body, the swaying of its arms, it was apparent that for some reason, it was under an illusion that only it could see.

And yet, having arrived on that thought, it was also a wild guess and as well as an idea that was hard to accept. Still, the way it looked now wasn’t as majestic and as ethereal as it did earlier.

The beautiful aurora that covered the entirety of its body was now gone and only a dim purplish-red glow coming from its body the only thing that divide its dull appearance from the dark veil of the eternal night curse.

In total, it looked nothing more than a monster of unprecedented size, giving off an air of murder and insanity, waiting only to complete its assimilation of that squid-dragon missile.

Yet, even in its incomplete form, it looked nothing less than the Colossus-Type morphing warships of the alien invaders in this game that the Terrans called [Demons].

In the Human Side of this game’s citizens, they called these demons the LAGRAM Alliance since there are six races of aliens that allied themselves to destroy the Human Civilization back then.

BZZZZT——DING!

[City Lord.]

Upon the opening of a panel window, Thorn’s masked face greeted Billion wearing no smile upon the victory the just earned.

[We’ve cleaned up the city. It’s now up to your men to deal with the remaining members of The Legion yourselves.]

Billion wasn’t petty and although the act itself had damaged his city at some degree, the fact remains that they had suppressed an enemy that had the sheer numbers and might that could destroy them before their reinforcements arrived.

If this help hasn’t arrived, their barrier would have collapsed anyways and the enemies would have been able to barge into their defenses sooner or later.

He was still thankful that they’re alive.

“Thank you.”

But contrary to his gratified attitude, Thorn was in no mood to celebrate yet.

[Now we’re just one problem down. The biggest and most troublesome problem is now at the last phases of its transformation. Based on how I’m looking at it right now, this golem will turn into a Colossus any minute and if that happens, City Lord, you can be 100% sure that the damage on your city wouldn’t just be some ravaged buildings and fallen trees.]

Thorn wasn’t joking and neither Billion treated this warning as empty talk.

Everyone knows just how terrifying a Colossus is.

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(NOTE: ***The entirety of Volume 1, 2, and 3 speaks of the Nano Tech [Invention] of the game as a counterpart of the yet-to-be-released Nano-Technology of the real world… solely focused to the Jupiter Exploration Project of the World Government, alongside the “Android” Project mentioned in Volume 1 and 3)