Engagement

The First Engagement

Among the three battlefields—Guardian Star, Tula Star, and the Starry Sky Flying Boat fleet—the Starry Sky Flying Boat fleet was the only one to come under long-range energy attacks from ten thousand Elite Grade Explosive Jet Bugs. Yet the first to truly make contact was Tula Star.

The Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetles were faster than both the Interstellar Federation's spacecraft and God's Great World's Starry Sky Flying Boats. In terms of speed, special talent had triumphed over knowledge.

Although Tula Star was the last place to which the Zerg had dispatched their forces, it was the first to arrive, demonstrating just how terrifyingly fast the Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetles were.

"A large number of powerful Zerg auras are approaching!" Heaviside, the Level 5 Priest seated at the core of the War Space Formation, was the first to notice the spatial fluctuations in the distance. He spoke gravely into the communication formation.

"Then we'll make sure they never leave!" Annabella, the Temple Knight, declared loudly, looking eager for battle.

The other four Level 5 Temple Knights also drew their Level 5 light longswords and prepared for battle. The instant the enemy entered the War Space, they would deliver a fatal strike.

"Heaviside, which direction are the enemies coming from?" Annabella, the Temple Knight, had no intention of waiting around where she stood, so she asked.

Within the War Space, Heaviside, the Level 5 Priest, marked a location with his spiritual power. Without hesitation, Annabella, the Temple Knight, vanished from where she stood and appeared at the edge of the War Space in the marked direction.

Just as Annabella, the Temple Knight, appeared, fifty Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetles emerged in unison ten kilometers away from the War Space.

Because there were Level 5 Zerg among them, the Sonic Boom