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Commander Matins and others found their retreat from the sea platform quite smooth.
The special forces elite, who had been deployed outside, had successfully held the retreat path clear from the central tower entrance to the landing site.
Indeed, there should still be a considerable number of Aberrant Beasts and cult members from the Nature Salvation Society within these upper structures, and they did indeed attempt to attack the special forces warriors holding the corridor.
Initially, the warriors of the special forces brigade had a bit of difficulty in combat. Although each of them was an elite of T3 or even T2 level and they were equipped with some of the finest individual gear available to the Union, barring the star warriors, they were outnumbered. They had to guard the landing site and the entirety of the corridor. Under the assaults of the various monsters and cultists—far more numerous than they—the warriors had a tough fight on their hands.
