Avignon, on the outskirts of the city.
At some unknown point, a terrifying army had appeared here.
It was an army clad entirely in armor.
The armor resembled Western-style metal plate armor, encasing the wearers from head to toe.
The suits were painted in a distinctive blue-gray camouflage pattern, making the armor look like robots with arms and legs—even five fingers on each hand.
The robots' heads were enormous, and their chest armor was exceptionally sturdy. It was practically like barrel-shaped police robots had been fitted with armor, giving them an overwhelming presence.
If anyone from Academy City had been here, they would certainly have recognized the true nature of these robots.
—"Powered Suits."
These high-tech weapons of Academy City used electricity to operate, granting their wearers physical abilities several or even dozens of times greater than those of ordinary humans. And now, they had appeared here.
"Crunch—crunch—crunch—"
The sound of hard objects being crushed underfoot rang through the area.
Heavy mechanical legs carried the Powered Suits forward.
Just like that, the army equipped with Powered Suits arrived outside Avignon.
Then, they raised their hands toward the ancient city walls.
A closer look revealed that weapons had been mounted on every Powered Suit's arms.
They were guns with exceptionally long barrels, like shortened tank cannons.
They looked somewhat like oversized rifles, but strictly speaking, they were not quite the same.
Their official designation was the Revolver Siege Shotgun.
As its name suggested, it was a heavy siege weapon designed to break through enemy fortifications head-on and ravage cities.
The ammunition used by these weapons was highly unusual.
Each shell casing contained dozens of rounds commonly classified as anti-materiel ammunition.
Every single one possessed enough power to destroy a tank.
At close range, only a few shots were needed to blow