"We're almost at Rodel City."
"The Solloma Empire, supposedly the World First superpower, isn't much after all."
"What right do these heretics have to oppose Lord Priest? Their defeat is inevitable."
After completing their raid on the Solloma Empire's border, the Fire Thief Cult followers from the Fahuo Nation were advancing toward Rodel, the densely populated city closest to the border.
This city was the main target of their attack.
Though they spoke contemptuously of Solloma, the followers knew perfectly well that it was impossible to completely defeat the empire in a single strike.
Their mission was merely to strike Rodel City and make Solloma pay for the previous assassination attempt.
The followers drove onward, with over a thousand vehicles traveling down the highway. Before long, they saw the modern metropolis ahead, its skyscrapers rising in the distance.
Then, a sudden roar came from the front. Thick smoke billowed up ahead, and the convoy behind immediately came to a halt.
"What's going on?"
"Is it an attack by those heretics?!"
The followers climbed out of their vehicles and promptly widened their eyes in shock.
What emerged from the rolling smoke were massive war machines three to four meters tall, gleaming with a bronze sheen!
At first glance, these war machines resembled tanks, with heavy chassis and tracks. Yet besides two large-caliber cannons mounted on their chassis, they also carried four rapid-fire rotary cannons, surface-to-air missile launch shafts, and drone lift platforms.
They even had catapult-mounted hooked chain spears on both sides. These tracked combat machines integrated a variety of hot and cold attack methods, like mobile war fortresses never before seen anywhere in the world.
"W-What are those?!"
"They look like heavily modified tanks. When did Solloma develop weapons like that?"
"They must be secret weapons of war! There are