After returning to the surface, the White Shield Nobles took Li Qinwu's words very seriously.
They sent people to investigate the wreckage sites of the six Baneblade Tanks across the planet.
The report from the investigation teams deeply unsettled the White Shield Nobles: all the Baneblade Tank wreckage on the planet had vanished without a trace!
Furthermore, the teams reported finding numerous enormous footprints around the former wreckage sites, seemingly belonging to some kind of giant lizard.
The White Shield Nobles gathered in a hall for a meeting. One of them said:
"Based on the intelligence gathered by frontline soldiers, the wreckage of all six Baneblade Tanks has disappeared. We can basically confirm it now—we really have been attacked by some alien creature!"
Another noble asked:
"What should we do, then? If it really is as the Inquisitor said, this creature feeds on Adamantium. Our Knight Mechs are all within its hunting range."
"How about putting the Knights on combat readiness? The moment we spot the monster, we immediately..."
Before the White Shield Nobles could settle on a plan, a soldier suddenly burst into the hall and shouted:
"Bad news, my lords! The Black Crocodile Forces have appeared! They're attacking Valhalla!!"
With a swish, all the nobles rose to their feet, horror written across their faces.
An attendant activated the holographic projector in the meeting hall and played a recording.
A massive flying object suddenly appeared in the sky. After a while, it landed and rose onto its hind legs.
The monster resembled a gigantic crocodile, with a pair of savage horns on its head and wings on its back. Standing upright, it was over twenty meters tall—enormous and terrifying!
Its back was covered in scales gleaming with a metallic sheen. Its clawed hands were long, and its massive jaws