Perhaps it was because the shield raised by Al'ar's Orb of Vorx had completely lost its intended function and effectiveness. Or perhaps it was because the shield had seriously hindered their own aircraft from making use of their aerial-bombardment advantage.
Either way, when the two sides began their great battle outside Anorak Castle, and when IOI's sixth line of soldiers had been forced to abandon another defensive line, IOI's Nolan Sorrento had no choice but to order the Al'ar's Orb of Vorx, which had become useless, shut down. He then brazenly deployed several squadrons of IOI's F-22 Raptors, sending them into advantageous air-to-ground diving bombings and strafing runs against the online rabble.
Whoosh~! Whoosh~!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One high-explosive missile after another plunged down from the sky. The countless Oasis players packed together were instantly blown apart. Some with weaker defenses were even hurled away by the shock waves and disintegrated in midair, turning into piles of scattered gold coins.
Wooo~!
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Those strafed by the fighters' autocannons had it even worse. As the Raptors roared past, the players along that long, crooked line were torn to pieces, while gold coins splashed everywhere across the sky...
"!!"
"Waah!"
"Not good! Enemy aircraft! Watch the skies!"
"Damn it! Who has anti-air missiles? Shoot them down, quick!!"
"I do!!"
"Quick! Set them up here! We'll help you!!"
"Okay!!"
On a small rise, after the aircraft roared past and bombed thousands upon thousands of players into a field of wails, a group of Oasis players quickly charged up the hill and crowded together.
Wooo~!
"??"
"!!"
"Not good! Look out!!"
Unfortunately, they had only just drawn some anti-air weapons and had not even finished preparing to fire when another Raptor locked onto them and dove down. From more than two hundred meters in