The telegram from Garrison No. 73 was quickly received by the operations room at Command.
But upon receiving the news, the personnel in the operations room were stunned, then skeptical.
There was no reason to falsify such a report, as its authenticity could be easily verified, but the Iron Demon had been a thorn in their side for a very long time.
They had dispatched powerful squads to hunt them down before, but the enemy always managed to slip through a gap in their encirclement. These failed attempts had wasted significant manpower and resources to no effect.
The Iron Demon had picked the perfect time to strike, right when their rear defenses were at their weakest. Otherwise, they never would have sent their only available squad—a team that had just entered the Merging Land and had yet to fully acclimate—to handle the threat.
