Somewhere within the colossal battlefield, amid the countless clashes and violent exchanges spreading across an almost unimaginable distance—
Inside a Phantom Shadow vessel—
"Gentlemen!" Theo's calm voice rang out after he finished reviewing every important part of the plan before them, and he slowly began looking around at the gathered figures one after another. "This type of mission is exactly what this unit was formed for, the kind of mission all your training and preparation were meant to handle, and today will be your greatest test yet."
Around Theo stood roughly twenty individuals, all dressed in the familiar black attire of the Shadow Swords with obvious additional armor covering several important areas of their bodies. Yet despite standing before the First Sword himself and being only moments away from carrying out their mission, each of them stood however they found comfortable rather than assuming the usual rigid position of attention before him.
