By the time Giant Shark found the lovebirds who'd snuck off to be alone, the two airships had already begun descending through the clouds, preparing to launch an airborne rescue on the ground.
In the cockpit of the Perfect Shipping Company's airship, the pilots could clearly see the massive battle unfolding at Cape Shipwreck on Glamour Island. The island's undead and its rampaging natural environment were unleashing their fiercest attacks on the living who had wandered onto the island.
The shambling "vegetative" undead were surging against the makeshift defenses put up by Little Rich Bro and the others. Meanwhile, the rapidly changing environment was constantly spawning twisted treants, bloodthirsty vines, and all sorts of dangerous plant life to support the undead assault. If the escort squad's players hadn't been so elite, they would have struggled to hold out against an attack where they were badly outnumbered.
By now, even the Explorers' Guild crew members were fighting in the rear, swinging torches or using weapons the players had lent them. When the airships descended to a certain altitude, they even spotted old Sir Ferdinand fighting with a shotgun in his hands.
Things had indeed taken a turn for the worse.
The wounded crew members were screaming on the beach. If no help arrived soon, the survivors might well be wiped out.
Under the circumstances, the Transians' style of warfare called for dropping a line of aerial bombs on the plant zombies to blow off some steam. Unfortunately, neither of the two support airships was a combat model, and their meager defensive armaments were useless against ground targets. That left the players to carry out a "human airdrop" and provide support.
Fortunately, the players had honed this airdrop tactic to perfection during the recently concluded Sanghai Rebellion War. And the four hundred