"Reporting, General. Five hundred and twenty 'Swarm' micro suicide drones have been deployed,
along with eighty 'Blade' small attack drones. All are on standby," a technical officer reported.
On the screen's tactical map, hundreds of green dots representing drones formed an enormous net above the Elves' positions.
At the Portal, which had already grown to the size of a washbasin, soldiers had formed a long line.
They handed the drones they had prepared to the soldiers at the opening one by one, who reached through to send them into the other world.
Soldiers seated at computers then remotely launched them and connected them to the intelligent combat system, which took over. Rather than requiring one operator per drone, they were directed and deployed under unified command.
Concerned about an unstable signal, they had extended a long antenna through the Portal.
"Be careful. The edge of the Portal produces a spatial cutting effect. Whatever you do, don't touch it," Qian Zhenhua and the other academicians hurriedly warned after glancing at a steel pipe sliced apart by the Portal's edge.
Zhao Gang stood beside Long Zhan, his expression grave.
"General Long, are these drones... really useful?"
"I don't know." Long Zhan shook his head.
"But it's better than standing by and doing nothing."
"Even easing the pressure on the Elves and buying them a few minutes would help."
"Those few minutes might be our hope of stabilizing the situation, or even turning it around!"
At the entrance to the valley, the Demon Clan army was already visible to the naked eye.
The defensive line rapidly formed by the arriving reinforcements stood silently like a green embankment across the valley and up onto the hilltops.
Heavy infantry carrying tower shields and long sabers stood at the very front.
Behind them, rows of