Chapter Five: Black Zone Simulation

"First convoy is in the east district," Mira ordered at once. "Tao, receive it. Rafe, do not overextend. The enemy will try to pull you from the convoy. Leon, keep low output. The Black Zone generator will be waiting for you to expose your core waveform." Leon raised an eyebrow. She was not only commanding. She had already calculated Astra-X as the enemy's priority target. The first fight broke out in the eighth minute. Three simulated Void mechs lunged from a broken tower, dark blades cutting toward the civilian convoy. Rafe's Vanguard-S crashed into them head-on, spear stabbing in rapid flashes to hold two at once. The third slipped around the line and charged the convoy's rear. Tao's escort mech turned too slowly.