Just as the Mechanical Armor convoy led by Alpha Wolf overran the Reis Legion,
Dawn Consortium forces dozens of kilometers away were left baffled.
"Still no contact with the Reis Legion?"
"Commander, we still can't reach them. They've been out of contact for five minutes."
The communications officer's words silenced everyone inside the Command Vehicle.
Only minutes earlier, the Reis Legion had sent word that they were closing in on Dead Mine Town.
They had told the Consortium forces to prepare their attack.
Now the targets in Dead Mine Town had been locked in, and the Cruise Missiles were armed and ready to launch at any moment.
But no one could reach the Reis Legion.
A terrible suspicion took hold of the Dawn Consortium commander.
He was about to try contacting the Reis Legion again, intending to withdraw immediately if they still failed to respond within three minutes, when...
"Report! Unidentified flying object spotted overhead..."
An image appeared on the screen: a live feed from a Surveillance Camera outside the Armored Vehicle.
A black speck hung motionless hundreds of meters in the air.
It did not look large, but the eerie sight was enough to put the Dawn Consortium commander on alert.
"Why didn't the radar warn us about something flying overhead?"
"Commander, the aerial radar system classified the target as a 'living creature,' so it didn't trigger a threat warning."
"A living creature? You're saying that's alive?" The commander looked as if he had seen a ghost. He immediately turned the camera and zoomed in.
"Oh, hell. What is that? A... sheep flying in the sky?"
The commander felt as though he was losing his mind. He rubbed his eyes again and again.
Riding on Miemie's back, Yu Yuan looked down at the Dawn Consortium's battle-ready position.
The Dawn