Above Green Forest City.
Five airships were descending rapidly.
Their speed was unprecedented.
Everyone aboard the airships had descended into chaos.
"All control systems have failed, weapon systems are offline, defense systems are offline—we've been fucking hacked!"
"Contact with the other airships is completely down. Damn it! What's going on?"
"We're going to die here! Something must have happened to the city lord. He's the only one who can remotely control our systems."
"Everyone, put on your survival gear and brace for impact."
Meanwhile, inside Green Forest City, mechanical combat vehicles pushed through the thick snow and slowly came to a stop.
Soldiers wearing mechanical armor leaped out one after another.
Within moments, hundreds of Pioneer Corps soldiers had secured combat positions throughout the area.
Their battlefield strike network was soon in place.
They waited silently for the five behemoths overhead to descend.
Having returned using a [Return Ticket], Alpha Wolf looked up at the five airships in the sky.
He repeated his orders over the radio:
"Attention, Pioneer Corps. I repeat: spare anyone who surrenders. Execute anyone who continues to resist!"
Finally, when the five airships were twenty meters above the ground, their anti-gravity engines activated.
Scorching flames counteracted the force of their descent, melting the ice and snow.
Thick white mist enveloped the airships.
In the extreme cold, that mist quickly cooled and condensed again.
Just then, Alpha Wolf's voice rang out.
"Listen up, everyone! We've captured your city lord. Surrender immediately!"
"I repeat: we've captured your city lord. Everyone, surrender immediately. Exit the airships without any weapons. Anyone carrying a weapon will be killed on sight..."
As Alpha Wolf spoke, the gun barrels of the dozens of mechanical armored vehicles surrounding the airships began to turn, ready to attack.
The Pioneer Corps soldiers all raised their weapons