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What appeared on the Fraxinus's main screen were black dots like a swarm of locusts...
Yet upon seeing those locust-like black dots, everyone from Ratatoskr in the Fraxinus's command room sucked in a sharp breath. Hovering in midair with the aid of thrusters, a group of Wizards wielding obviously powerful weapons had their sights trained on the Fraxinus!
"This formation... this posture..."
In the command room, Mana gazed expressionlessly at the Wizards on the screen, a glint flashing through her eyes.
"It really brings back memories..."
"Tch..." Kotori gritted her teeth resentfully.
"DEM, huh? Showing up at a time like this... They're as cunning and irritating as ever..." Tobiichi Origami was currently fighting Wu Yan, yet DEM had arrived neither early nor late, but precisely now. No matter how foolish Kotori was, she could guess the connection between the two.
Still, Kotori did not understand what DEM's purpose was in coming after Ratatoskr.
Could it simply be to destroy an enemy airship?...
Perhaps so, but Kotori had a feeling that DEM's objective was definitely not that simple!
After all, DEM's branch offices had been destroyed. At present, providing support for DEM's Wizards, as well as maintaining, upgrading, and equipping their gear, would not be easy. Under such circumstances, for DEM's Wizards to still gather together and come knocking at their door could certainly be called irrational.
But precisely because it was irrational, it proved that what they sought was anything but ordinary. It could not be as simple as destroying a mere airship!
Furthermore, the Fraxinus had blended into the surrounding scenery by manipulating Territory, activating optical camouflage. It should have been impossible to detect. Although the