As long as this place was captured, the Parasites in other regions would lose their core. Even if they could continue to hide and flee, they wouldn't be able to pose a threat to humanity as a whole in the short term.
At this moment, drone formations filled the sky, forming a matrix as they swept forward. On the ground, mine-clearing vehicles detonated and eliminated all the hidden mines the Parasites had deployed near the city.
As for the soldiers, they were all waiting.
In an era where human life was paramount, the allied forces would rather lose a thousand drones than a single human soldier.
First, drones would eliminate threats, then robot soldiers would lead the charge, with human soldiers handling the cleanup. This was the human-centric doctrine of war.
And even more valuable than ordinary soldiers were, of course, the allied forces' special combat teams—squads composed of powerful Ascenders from various nations.
