Descending onto the battlefield from hundreds of kilometers above, they ended the battle in less than half an hour.
The Orbital Drop Brigade's combat strength thoroughly shocked the British Royal Special Airborne Forces that arrived afterward, as well as the United Kingdom's defense authorities and viewers sitting before their televisions, watching BBC's live coverage for firsthand news.
This was the Orbital Drop Brigade's first battle.
Although there had previously been all kinds of debates over this unit's true combat capability, both among national think tanks and online—including whether soldiers jumping from such heights could retain normal fighting ability, and whether their weapons could still fire normally...
In that instant, all arguments vanished into thin air.
They were strong.
Not only that, they were terrifyingly strong...
While people around the world were still trying to process this enormous amount of information, the passengers aboard the Northern Lights cruise ship had gradually regained their composure.
Standing in the corridor, Prince Felipe swept up the Lillian in a princess carry as she ran toward him, his excited voice trembling.
"Oh, God, my Lillian! Where on earth did you run off to just now?"
Perched on her father's shoulder, Lillian glanced back at Lu Zhou and leaned close to her father's ear to whisper.
"Mr. Scholar performed a magic trick for me!"
Prince Felipe froze.
"A magic trick?"
"Mm! A pirate ship this big," Lillian said excitedly, spreading her hands wide, "fell from the sky in a cloud of smoke, and then the pirate ship disappeared."
"A pirate ship... that cargo ship following behind us? Then, then... we really must thank him properly." Prince Felipe stood there with his mouth open, clearly unable to make sense of what his daughter was talking about.
Still, no matter what, it was wonderful that she had returned