Meanwhile, the fighter aircraft that had taken off from the Northern Legion's airfield were flying deep into the Far North on reconnaissance.
As the roar of the aircraft flying through the sky reached the air above the Far North, there was no movement on the snowfields below.
Inside one aircraft, the pilot looked down at the Far North through the cockpit glass. The weather was relatively good that day, with no large-scale blizzards, so he could clearly see the conditions below.
But all he could see at that moment was the snowfield below, without even any tracks left by Soul Beast activity.
Given the situation, the pilot planned to circle a few more times before returning to rest and regroup.
Just then, he noticed something unusual on the snowfield below. Snow piled on some of the higher ground had begun to collapse.
If that had been all, it could still have been considered a common occurrence in the Far North.
But the next moment, through the cockpit glass, the pilot saw numerous black dots appearing in the distant Far North, expanding at an astonishing speed.
In the space of a single breath, those black dots joined into a dense black mass and began spreading across the entire Far North at a terrifying speed.
When the pilot finally saw those black dots clearly, his eyes filled with terror, and he instinctively swore.
After calming down a little, he hurriedly maneuvered his aircraft into a climb, then tried to get a clearer look at what they were facing.
At the same time, the other aircraft conducting reconnaissance made the same maneuver, preparing to attack at any moment.
But just as they maneuvered their aircraft and recorded the situation below, a dark shadow suddenly swept through the air, followed by the appearance of