He roared for the binoculars to be held up for him once again.
The large indigenous creatures were proving no match for the invader. He did see one carnivore put up a good fight but it too was quickly killed in the end by the sheer weight of numbers against it.
After it fell it was quickly consumed and its mass transformed into more of the enemy.
The arachnid type monsters were mostly twice the height of a man in the main though some were far larger. They foamed some sort of acid from their mouth. Their behavior appeared coordinated, even intelligent.
Timothy gasped as he realized a wave of the critters were heading straight to the fortification under the tree canopy.
“Prepare to fire. They will attempt to climb the walls!”
It seemed absurd, they were so far removed from the surface and yet he knew that was what they were about to attempt.
He ordered for his laser canons to point downwards. The terrified soldiers quickly obeyed knowing there was little time to spare.
And then they appeared. The vertical climb only made them slightly slow.
“Fire, everything we have. Do not stop!”
The laser batteries and small arms fire were cutting through them but there was always more coming.
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