But in that instant, the Flying-type Soul Master troops flying above the ground and acting as eyes and ears while observing the enemy attack suddenly noticed a large number of black dots in the sky rapidly approaching them.
"Suspected enemy flying Soul Master troops approaching. Everyone, be on guard."
Flying troops, follow me to meet the enemy."
Heaven Dou's flying troops, who had been hiding behind the city vehicle all this time, could only steel themselves and fly into the sky to intercept the incoming enemy.
The city vehicle, which had extremely strong defenses against frontal assaults, lacked even the most basic protection on its other sides.
If there were flying troops coordinating with artillery bombardment and attacking from the sky, everyone would face annihilation.
All Flying Soul Masters climbed at high speed, but the Machine Guns, Anti-Aircraft Guns, and other equipment on the city walls had long since been waiting.
A relatively fine yet more numerous and densely distributed Metal Torrent shot into the sky.
However, for Heaven Dou's side, even knowing this, they could only fly desperately toward the rear at an angle, striving to pull away in distance and altitude, gathering their troops at a position out of reach with the smallest possible losses to meet the incoming enemy.
In the sky, blood mist burst apart. One Soul Master after another was unlucky enough to be struck by bullets and fell directly onto the heads of the troops below.
In this situation, even if they were hit, they could not stop. They had to climb upward even more desperately, or they would only be crushed to pieces by the torrent that followed.
The cruelty of war was laid bare in this moment.
But that was easier said than done. The bullets' kinetic energy was extremely powerful, and