There was no time to catch her breath.
The Swarm kept coming!
Firefly, piloting Sam, ignited flames in her right hand!
Before the shadow in the air could reach her, she shattered it with a punch.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Every punch crushed an insect.
However,
The Swarm was endless!
Soon.
She was surrounded on all sides!
After being attacked by The Swarm.
She stumbled, retreating several steps.
Clearly.
She was at her limit!
Whether it was strength, speed, or energy, everything had dropped to a horrifyingly low level.
Behind her, dark shadows had already surrounded her.
At that moment.
Another Sam descended from the sky!
As her fists swung, flames erupted!
The mortars on her arms fired in all directions.
"Boom!"
Flames burst forth!
The surrounding Swarm was temporarily annihilated.
This Sam glanced back at Firefly and said, "Get up."
"The target is ahead."
"Keep breaking through."
Firefly immediately responded, "Yes."
The two of them ran forward.
At the same time.
Several more Sam units gathered together.
Forming an orderly squad.
But compared to the endless Swarm.
They were merely fireflies in the night.
...
"Damn! So many Sams!"
"Mecha enthusiasts are going wild!"
"So Sam is mass-produced..."
"Glamoth's Iron Cavalry, kid!"
"If one Sam piloted by Firefly is already this strong, how powerful must the Glamoth Empire have been with an entire Sam army!?"
"Firmament Frontline: Glamoth!"
"They managed to defeat the insect tide on their own!"
"Too bad they were ultimately destroyed by civil war..."
"Feels like this battle isn't the peak of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry."
...
Around the battlefield, towering flames erupted continuously.
Black mushroom clouds rose into the sky.
But The Swarm was still endless!
Blocking the path of the Sam units!
When their energy was depleted, they used their own bodies as weapons.
Tearing through the Swarm blocking their way!
It seemed like the Sam squad was unstoppable.
However.
When they reached their destination.
They discovered...
At the forefront of the battlefield.
A massive black mountain had appeared.
But it wasn't a mountain.
It was a gigantic mother insect!
The Sam units and The Swarm were like mere ashes before it!
The insects around it were densely packed, covering the sky and the ground!
...
"!!!"
"Is this the Swarm Disaster?"
"Flying everywhere, it's so oppressive..."
"I've encountered it in the Simulated Universe, but the text doesn't come close to the impact of this visual!"
"Now I finally understand the terror of the Swarm Disaster..."
"Why is Sam running on the ground instead of flying?"
"The sky is full of flying insects. If the mech takes to the air, it'll immediately become a target."
"How hopeless…"
"Anyone who has experienced a Swarm disaster in real life knows how terrifying and despairing that sight is."
...
Under the Swarm's suicidal attacks.
The Sams around them fell one after another.
"Is anyone still alive? Cover me as I approach the Mother Insect!"
"Yes."
"Take this."
A detonator was handed to Firefly.
The Sam in front of her said, "Activate it as soon as you see the signal."
After speaking.
The Sam unleashed her full power and charged forward!
Her legs ignited with flames.
She weaved and dodged through the dense Swarm.
Like a shooting star, she finally reached the surface of the Mother Insect.
However,
in the next moment.
A sharp tentacle extended from beneath the Mother Insect's body.
Instantly piercing through the Sam!
Firefly's pupils contracted in the distance!
Her face filled with disbelief and grief!
Green blood flowed down the tentacle.
The pierced Sam struggled to tear off her mask.
And hurled it downward with all her strength.
"Protocol approved…"
"Execute Scorched Earth Operation."
"For Her Majesty the Queen!"
Firefly also shouted at the top of her lungs, "For Her Majesty the Queen!!"
And pressed the detonator.
A massive beam of light descended from the sky.
In an instant.
A blazing fireball erupted on the ground.
Enveloping the Mother Insect within it.
The fireball exploded rapidly!
In an instant, the heavens and earth were engulfed in blazing flames!
The Mother Insect, The Swarm, Sam…
Everything was submerged in the flames.
It was unclear how much time had passed.
Firefly opened her eyes.
She woke up on the ground.
Around her lay many corpses… similar to her.
The land had completely turned into scorched earth.
The air was filled with black ash.
A silent scene.
Yet it spoke of an indescribable tragedy.
...
"Dead, they're all dead…"
"So this is the true meaning of scorched earth warfare…"
"It's too tragic…"
"Oh my god! No wonder the entire universe is against The Propagation, this thing is terrifying!"
"Wuwuwu, my Sam…"
"This is Firefly's past…"
"If it weren't for Yu Ling's video, I really wouldn't have believed it!"
"Wuwuwu, my Firefly…"
"My heart aches…"
...
"I…"
"Am dead…"
"Dead…"
"Who am I?"
Firefly numbly looked around.
In the ruins.
There was an endless sea of corpses.
They were all pilots of Sam, just like Firefly.
A short-haired girl slowly walked toward her.
Dragging her broken body.
She muttered, "Born for war… it is the glory of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry…"
"For… Her Majesty the Queen…"
After saying this, she knelt down beside Firefly.
Her head hung weakly.
This time.
Firefly did not repeat [For Her Majesty the Queen…], but stood still.
Tears silently streamed down her face.
"Why… die…"
"Why… live…"
Grey images flashed back.
Inside the experimental chamber, rows of identical "Fireflies" were neatly arranged.
Then.
These "Fireflies" were trained into disciplined soldiers.
Together, they chanted, "For Glamoth!", "For Her Majesty the Queen!"
Firefly raised her head and looked up at the sky.
"But…"
"Glamoth…"
"Has long ceased to exist…"
A simple sentence, yet it sent a shock through the hearts of all the players watching!
It revealed an incredibly significant amount of information!
And…
A cruel truth!
...
"Is Firefly saying… that Glamoth had already fallen when this battle took place?"
"Then why were they still fighting The Swarm?"
"I always thought this battle didn't seem like an evenly matched fight! This must have happened after Glamoth's empire was destroyed in the civil war!"
"This must have been after the civil war, when the Glamoth Republic had already been destroyed. These Iron Cavalry soldiers couldn't find meaning in living, so they continued to follow their old military orders to exterminate The Swarm, just to find a shred of purpose…"
"The mask is a locator, and Firefly is the last surviving Iron Cavalry soldier, so she passed the protocol and executed the scorched earth operation, which, judging by the name, was a mutual destruction tactic."
"Speculation: The Glamoth Republic fell in the civil war, but the Glamoth Iron Cavalry continued to carry out the mission to cleanse The Swarm. Since the republic was already destroyed, the Iron Cavalry soldiers were dwindling one by one."
"This must be some kind of ideological imprint. Even if a girl like Firefly survived, they would still carry out their original orders until they were all wiped out."
"Firefly was once part of such a group!?"
"I can't imagine what she has been through all these years!"
"Only now do I understand why this video is called 'The Embers of Glamoth'..."