At the top of Kate City, Luke and the others had just reached the city gate when they saw the enemies below. Their hearts sank halfway to the depths...
It wasn't just a squad of Black Armor Soldiers. The one leading them was actually a commander...
Although all the Black Armor Soldiers' armor looked extremely peculiar, a careful look at its design revealed that it bore more than a passing resemblance to the armor worn by the Emperor's army of the Steel Empire.
The armor of ordinary soldiers was generally quite similar. Whether it belonged to the Steel Empire or the countries of the Western Islands, aside from some differences in color, the designs all originated from the ancient square armor.
But Luke was very familiar with the armor of generals. He could clearly see that the leader at the front was wearing the Seventh Generation General-Type Special Armor!
He and Luke... were from the same generation...
In other words, the leader below had once... been a General Rank expert!
In terms of martial strength during his lifetime, Swain, who had cleaved Blue Dragon City in half with a single sword strike, had only been a General Rank expert.
Although this fellow might not possess Swain's terrifying strength, the fact that he wore this special armor clearly meant that his rank was a level higher than that of the soldiers behind him...
At this thought, the expressions of all the high-ranking officers darkened to the extreme...
It was truly one disaster after another. First, the city outside that had been expected to provide support was destroyed. Then the land inside Kate City had become infected. And now this group of fellows had arrived.
Was the heavens really refusing to leave them even the slightest path to survival?
"What are they