The Same Rhinos, but I Have Shield-Weave

The Stormbird spews out its cargo: Gabriel-pattern Predator.

Five Gabriel Predators on each flank deployed into a line, their Twin-linked Assault Cannon on the main turret roaring furiously.

Gabriel-pattern Predator crash into the tide of the Warrior caste.

Its tracks creaked and tore apart the bodies of the Gardinal Warrior.

As he continued to turn to the side, leaving a trail of crimson paste in his wake, the Heavy Bolter on the side of the gun hurled a hail of deadly bullets in even more distant directions.

Gabriel-pattern Predator, like millstones, shred the surging Warrior castes.

Oleksandr turned his attention to the battlefield where tanks clashed; for the first time, the Rhino was fighting enemy tanks based on the same STC.

Thirty black Vostonian Rhino attacked an enemy force several times their size, but the First Company Captain had confidence in his Warrior; his company's Rhino were equipped with the Shield-Weave technology of the Squats.

By weaving together the energy used by the Refractor and the Conversion Field, and interspersing it with special energies such as Magnetic Pulse, Multi-band Shield is generated, which can then be folded up to form Energy Cloak.

The Shield-Weave can be mounted not only on personal armor, but also on War Engine and even large domes.

The Rhino flanked the armored forces of Gardinal from both sides, while the Storm Bolter simultaneously unleashed a barrage of fire on the unsuspecting enemy.

A dozen or so gray Rhino burst into flames, and only then did Gardinal realize with astonishment that their Scanner Array had failed to register anything, allowing the enemy to flank them.

The Military Vice-Consul immediately shouted, "Turn around, face outwards, find those damned black tanks!"

The gray Rhino, bewildered and helpless, swerved sharply to either side.

They were then horrified to discover that neither direct visual inspection nor the use of sensors detected anything.

"Ghost!"

A driver shouted in terror over the communications network.

"What ghost? It's just an enemy trick!" the Military Vice-Consul shouted angrily.

"Fire!"

The gray Rhino blindly and fearfully unleashed a barrage of bullets in all directions, but the Shadow of Order had already moved to their flanks and rear before the enemy could detect it, launching another attack.

The gray Rhino circled around in disarray for several times before finally catching the signal that the enemy had opened fire.

The Gardinal's Rhino Shadow of Order's Rhino for the first time, by which time their numbers had dwindled to twice that of their opponents.

The second wave of landing armored firepower completely destroyed the armored firepower of the Gardinal.

The Military Vice-Consul watched in horror as the signal for his armored formation vanished rapidly on the screen, and the infantry was routed by enemy tanks and the Shadow of Order. He immediately shouted to the driver.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat to the foot mech formation!"

Not long ago, he had an overwhelming advantage, but he never expected that the balance of power would change so drastically in an instant.

The driver quickly pulled the control lever, and the gray Rhino command vehicle rapidly reversed, retreating into the oncoming swarm of walking mechs.

Oleksandr did not pursue, but ordered the cleanup to be accelerated while reviewing the report from the Void Walker Titan Legions, who would arrive in five minutes.

Two minutes later, the first Tripod Walker fired an energy beam at the Shadow of Order.

A beam of silver light shot onto the roaring defensive turret, scattering incandescent sparks. The Particle Beam pierced through the Adamantium and exploded within the Plastcrete.

Within the silver light, several Shadow of Order burned in the flames.

Oleksandr immediately shouted, "Abandon the remaining two defensive turrets!"

He strode towards the Vostonia Rhino marked with the Divination Box, shouting, "Door Opening!"

After entering the Rhino, the Shield-Weave quickly concealed the black vehicle under the cover of the Energy Cloak.

The Rhino stealthily sped toward the walking mech, approaching it at high speed.

Rumble!

Amidst a series of explosions, the walking mechs' particle weapons destroyed two more defensive turrets.

The Vostonia Rhino sped forward, approaching the walking mech like a black shadow.

"Nightmare" Oleksandr's eyes were deep, and he closed them.

The gray walking mech, as tall as the Warhound Titan but much larger, spun around amidst the creaking of hydraulics and the Shriek of rubber straps, its three legs crushing the Plastcrete road into rubble.

He was searching for the black armored vehicles, but the vehicles of the Shadow of Order remained undetected under the cover of Shield-Weave.

An eerie Silence fell over the battlefield, broken only by the hissing sound of the piston grinding against the poorly lubricated metal sleeve.

Suddenly, the walking mech stopped moving.

The crew members were momentarily dazed; they seemed to see the tranquil moonlight and the peaceful, Peace rippling lake.

Their eyelids grew heavy quickly, as if they could fall asleep standing up.

Inside the Vostonia-type command vehicle, "Nightmare" pulls the adjutant into Dream-entry.

The "Midnight Poet," Dream-entry, saw his company commander approach and shouted, "Focus fire! Attack the walking mechs!"

"After destroying it, immediately move and hide!"

The dream shattered, and the adjutant returned to the real world. He immediately issued orders through the company channel.

"Fire!"

Eighty Vostonian Rhino and thirty Gabriel-pattern Predator simultaneously opened fire on the gray three-legged mech.

A dense barrage of projectiles rained down on the shield, causing it to crackle and pop.

With a deafening roar, the tripod mech's shield shattered, and the crew members died in their sleep.

As the "Nightmare" returned to reality, it heard the adjutant shout loudly.

"Mobility, concealment!"

A dozen or so three-legged mechs aimed their fire at the Shadow of Order.

At the same moment, a cacophony of noise erupted from Oleksandr's Sonic Array channel.

"Company commander, it seems I've arrived just in time."

The Void Walker, as always, galloped into the battlefield.

The Warlord-class Titan raised its arms, and a barrage of projectiles from its "Bellicose" Volcano Cannon enveloped the two Tripod Walker.

At the same moment that the First Company of the Third Legion established a firm foothold at the head of Head of Gardinal, Maria Kova and the "Assassins" also began their operation in the capital.

Maria was ordered to assassinate Mathis, High Lord from the Administrative Caste.

He and another "Witch," Dementyeva, each led a team and acted separately.

Maria's party included not only her "assassins" but also five hundred Gardinal men.

Although the rebellion she and the "Instigator" launched was quelled by Warrior dispatched to the capital by the High Lord, she also selected some elites from the Lower Caste who were rebelling.

They were either strong or quick-witted, unlike the others who were numb.

Having undergone "assassin" training and been tempered by previous missions, they are now vastly different from before.

The "assassins" cleared out the patrolling Warrior of the caste, their footsteps swift as they moved through the shadows.