After Special Operations Squad S128 withdrew, the remaining Aerial Combat Mages also began hunting down the surviving Demon Scarabs.
Although the enemy's army of Demon Scarabs still outnumbered the mere few thousand Aerial Combat Mages, the Aerial Combat Mages knew how to cooperate with one another, and each of them was also stronger than a single Arknarok-class. Moreover, the Arknarok-class were only a small species with no exceptional intelligence. They knew only slaughter and group action, so under these circumstances, they were naturally massacred by the Aerial Combat Mages.
Thus, after several rounds of concentrated fire, aside from those in the middle and rear guards who still had some magical power left and stayed behind to provide support, everyone else withdrew. The remaining vanguards, full of energy, charged at the very front. With covering fire from behind, they darted through the sky, cutting down the Demon Scarabs one after another.
The number of Demon Scarabs steadily dwindled.
Seeing the sky gradually grow emptier, everyone in the command center finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"We won...!"
"Yeah...!"
"Hmph..."
The three members of E601 Squad likewise let out voices of relief, forcibly suppressing their excitement.
But...
"You saw that, didn't you?"
Fron's voice remained emotionless as she spoke coldly.
"Even when fighting an enemy with overwhelming numbers, we Aerial Combat Mages can still achieve victory. That's because we're human. We know how to cooperate and fight as a group. Only then can we overcome superior numbers with inferior ones. In a one-on-one fight, the Demon Scarabs generally aren't a match for humans. Do you understand?"
Fron's words caused the excitement in the hearts of the three members of E601 Squad to begin fading.
That was because all three of them knew exactly why Fron had said those words.
"One major reason