At the same time General Maximilian-Vels was commanding his army's counterattack on the southern highlands, roughly fifty kilometers behind those highlands...
Night had fallen on this hemisphere. Under the blackout, not a single light could be seen. On this cloudy night, it was nearly impossible to see one's own hand in front of one's face.
Yet amid the darkness, faint sounds drifted through the air. Without listening carefully, they would have been impossible to hear.
Shadowy figures streaked through the air less than ten meters above the ground. They moved at tremendous speed, yet even while flying almost against the ground, they struck no obstacles.
Justin-Levis was one of those shadows—yes, these figures flying close to the ground were all members of a special operations unit of the Fourth Legion: Vulture Company.
Every member of Vulture Company was among the Fourth Legion's finest. They also had to possess exceptional spatial awareness and dynamic vision before they could be selected.
After selection, all of them underwent specialized modifications. Chips were implanted in their cerebral cortices, and their retinas were modified as well, granting them even greater dynamic vision and three-dimensional spatial perception.
Their bodies, already enhanced and trained to superhuman levels, became even less human. But only then could they adapt to this new equipment.
Vulture flight mecha!
This was the latest individual combat mecha developed by the Kingdom of Dawn's genius scientist, Dr. Otto-Gunther-Ostavis. Combining silent engines with bionic mechanical wings, it achieved nearly noiseless aerial maneuverability.
This mecha came in two models. One was the Normal Class, which could be understood as faster, more agile flight gear. Similar equipment existed elsewhere—for instance, The Mandalorian's jetpack was one such example. This version was easier to control, but its speed, maneuverability, and stealth performance were nowhere near those of the Elite