As the Fifth-Order Robots secured their footing, the third echelon began moving in.
Unmanned Combat Vehicles surged out of the wormhole one after another, their tracks crushing Demon Clan corpses, pressing dark green blood into thick streaks and plowing deep furrows across the gray-white surface.
Metal tracks scraped against rock, and the air reeked of burning and ozone.
The Land Shield Close-In Defense Systems deployed first, their densely packed barrels rising toward the sky to lock onto the most threatening Winged Demons and Gargoyles.
The new-generation Vehicle-Mounted Laser Cannons followed close behind, slender beams flashing through the low sky in succession like scalpels slicing into rotten flesh.
Before entire swaths of Winged Demons could dive, their wings were severed at the roots, sending them tumbling into the demon tide.
The Electromagnetic Cannon Vehicles stopped behind the position. With every shot, their guns recoiled violently, and the ground shook.
High-speed projectiles tore through the air, punching through several flying Demon Clan creatures in succession. Before the shredded flesh could fall, the shock waves trailing the projectiles churned it into bloody mist.
The vehicle-mounted Plasma Cannons focused exclusively on large targets.
The instant a Giant Siege Beast poked its head out from behind a distant Demon Lair, a dazzling beam crossed the battlefield and burned a molten hole through its skull.
Its massive body stiffened for half a second before crashing down, crushing a vast swath of low-order Demon Clan creatures that could not get out of the way.
The Self-Propelled Mortars and Box-Launcher Rockets covered more distant areas.
After one volley, a charred strip was forcibly plowed through the demon tide three kilometers beyond the landing zone. Severed limbs and shattered armor rained back onto the ground, easing the pressure on the position.
Tank formations handled the frontal advance, their guns