July was the rainy season.
Although River Valley Province lay inland, and the cumulonimbus clouds had largely spent themselves by the time the monsoon carried them here, a few torrential downpours were still unavoidable around this time of year.
Just like now, one moment the sun had been blazing fiercely, and the next, thick storm clouds had already covered the sky...
"...Enemy traces spotted to the southeast. Their force exceeds a thousand men! They are mainly equipped with light weapons, supported by multiple modified exoskeletons of varying models. No armored or transport vehicles have been detected!"
Inside the command tent.
A scout knelt on one knee and reported the intelligence he had gathered.
Rachel, seated inside the tent, quietly listened to his subordinate's report. A cold smile suddenly curled his otherwise impassive lips.
Finode, standing nearby with his hands clasped behind his back, spoke softly in thought.
"Never thought the ones tangling with us for over half a month really were natives..."
No matter how many reinforcements the Enterprise sent, they could not possibly keep pouring them in without end like this.
Those crude weapons in particular convinced him that these people were natives living nearby, most likely from some slightly larger survivor settlement in the area.
And the lord or mayor there just happened to be some fool who did not know his own limits.
"What exactly are they after?" Finode still could not understand.
Was it for CR?
They had indeed found Enterprise weapons on the corpses of those soldiers, such as G9 assault rifles.
But opposing the Legion over that little money was hardly a smart move.
They would crush these natives into pulp as easily as they crushed ants.
Only the smart ones who surrendered from the start could earn their forgiveness and become slaves of