Meanwhile, far away on the Shatla Homeworld, Duke had no need for Xiao's report.
Having kept a close eye on changes in the Demonic Web, Duke naturally noticed the anomaly at the new node as well.
The Demonic Web now showed Demonic Energy accumulating at the new node, as though some force was blocking its release.
Duke immediately used his authority as Supreme Leader to begin operating the Demonic Web remotely.
At the same time, Performer reported to Cheng Yu.
"Reporting to the Deputy Core: Infiltrator 0-8 has sent word of an unidentified change within the Demonic Web. The endpoint of the disturbance it has triggered lies on the Shatla battlefield."
Cheng Yu frowned. Fucking hell, another unidentified change. What am I supposed to do about it? Without hesitation, he continued speaking to Performer.
"Proceed according to your plans."
"Command received."
Although Defender 0-6's energy bombardment had been prohibited, it still possessed the basic attack capabilities of the other series.
The gun ports on Defender 0-6's mechanical spheres began shifting, and those that had originally fired energy attacks were soon rotated to the rear.
Unlike the differently shaped gun ports from before, these were all uniform, built to exactly the same specifications.
As the gun ports settled into position, the roar of flames seemed to ring out through the vacuum of space.
Physical shells too fast for the naked eye to follow shot from Defender 0-6's gun ports. Deep within the battlefield, Regulator 0-9 also began fulfilling its original function.
After being fired, Defender 0-6's physical shells entered the spatial openings created by Regulator 0-9, then abruptly reappeared in front of the Shatla fleet.
Although energy had been completely prohibited across the battlefield, the kinetic energy carried by physical objects remained very real.
The already faltering magic barrier shattered