I Am The Swarm

The Primordial bodies forced to the front line had portions of their structures charred and carbonized. As they moved at high speed, the carbonized fragments broke apart and scattered.

In the near-frictionless environment of space, these debris fragments would travel vast distances.

The ninth wave of cannon fire arrived, allowing these sacrificial units to fulfill their final purpose.

Thanks to their sacrifice, while the third layer of defense was completely obliterated, the fourth layer sustained only minor damage.

“Are they completely unafraid of death?”

“Concentrate all firepower! Stop them from advancing!”

This tactic of using physical bodies as shields to cover an assault was something only a force like the Swarm, with its unique organizational structure, could employ as a standard strategy.

For civilizations like the Riken, any commander attempting to use such a tactic routinely would have been court-martialed long ago.

Yet, there was no denying the effectiveness of the strategy.