"Our vessel has entered the final combat zone: Mount Isus Palace! Chaos contamination levels detected in this area: high. Threat assessment: extreme. Airdrop troops in sectors 04–05, prepare to assault!
Second wave airdrop countdown: 1 minute.
Mission objective: Assist Lord Paine and Prince Bai in destroying the Worldburner demons and the Chaos abomination army. Hold out until Governor Murphy enters the battlefield and seals all Chaos rifts.
Combat mode: Hold and counterattack.
Due to the extreme difficulty of combat in this area, the Sun Ship will hover here. Assault troops who encounter more than fifteen Worldburner demons gathered in the same area may request a solar bombardment.
Due to the extreme difficulty of combat in this area, eighteen Creator-grade powered armor suits will be deployed. Players participating in the battle should use the powered armor as a mobile defensive line and launch counterattacks."
Eden's emotionless voice echoed across the airdrop zone.
As the countdown reached zero, a dazzling solar bombardment descended from the night sky like a torch, illuminating the summit of Mount Palace. While the bombardment continued, the special drop pods for sector 04 were the first to be deployed.
These things were nothing like the hexagonal, pointed drop pods the players rode in. Each one was like a small shipping container, extravagantly equipped with disposable, high-thrust rocket thrusters at all four corners to keep its speed within safe limits as it fell to the ground.
It went without saying what was inside these conspicuously extravagant things.
"Bang!"
The first steel container landed squarely on the edge of Prince Bai's defensive illusion.
It crushed three charging Chaos abominations with lashing claws on impact. Once it had hit the ground with all its momentum, its thick fortress walls swung outward on all four sides, their spikes driven into the earth