Just a few minutes later, before Darius and the others had time to react, they received even more shocking news:
The demons that had been lurking motionless in the city had all sprung into action and gathered after the Warp fleet appeared in space. Some of their vanguard had even begun leaving their nests throughout the city, streaming in great numbers toward the outskirts, toward the west side of the city—in other words, toward the mining base where they were stationed.
What they intended to do was now obvious.
The facts were right before their eyes. The demons had clearly planned this well in advance and thought it through carefully. Their aim was clear, and their intentions were sinister: to wipe out the mining base and the lone flagship of the Koprulu Sector's Hero Federation Head of State's Guard Fleet in space, cutting off every chance—and every last hope—of the humans on this planet turning the tide or putting up a resistance!
At that sight!
Having learned of the Warp Daemons' scheme and realized how urgent the situation was, Darius and the others could no longer afford to worry about the Warp Daemon fleet in space or about a certain troublesome little girl taking their only warship to meet the enemy. They had no choice but to immediately sound the mining base's general mobilization alarm and begin making frantic preparations for the brutal battle ahead.
And so!
Two battles that would decide the survival of this star system and of humanity were about to erupt at the same time: one in space, the other in the vast mountains on the western outskirts of Guixu City!
Of course, the battle in space would break out first.
After all, the demons on the ground were quite far from the mining base. Their