Interception

Eagle Eye Squad's advance preparations allowed them to successfully spot the Blade Swallows, and the Blade Swallows' physical structure also made Eagle Eye Squad realize something.

"The attacks aren't coming from the surface!"

"No matter where they're from, we complete the mission first!"

But even though they had discovered it now, it was of little use. The mission could not be interrupted; they could only report their findings. Fortunately, before all their units were destroyed, they discovered several more concealed locations with abnormal energy readings.

A powerful energy strike descended from orbital space once more, blasting the marked locations into deep craters. Although the Zerg field organisms had not been completely eliminated, most had already been destroyed. The shielding field covering the conference site gradually faded, and the Personal Terminals of the trapped Epoch Clan troops finally became functional again.

But by then, the second wave of deployed Blade Swallows was already dropping from even higher up. Even most of the units that had climbed in altitude were destroyed by the black light. Not to mention those that had descended to carry out reconnaissance missions—they now had to face simultaneous attacks from two waves of Blade Swallows.

"All squads, report your status!"

After the tally, only two units remained out of the several hundred Eagle Eye Squads.

"It's fine. Our supplies will be here any moment!"

Before the words had faded, they saw the fireballs erupting from the airdrop pods intercepted in midair. At the same time, attacks from above came raining down.

Eagle Eye Squad suffered devastating losses, but they had excellently completed the first half of their mission. Communications were restored at the conference site, and the Epoch Clan troops' offensive immediately became far more organized.

The clock turned back to the beginning of the battle, on Sarah's