Vol 1 Chapter 6 (2/2)
Meihowa’s emerald eyes looked back at me I cleared my throat and extended my hand to her
“Your finger, if you will, Ensign Meihowa”
“Why?”
“Just do it”
I was going to make her make a pinky promise with me; just as I had done with Admiral Luise Still hesitant, she extended her hand and I forced her fingers around my own
“Ensign Meihowa, you are a splendid officer, but also a splendid hurade yourself You rade yourself”
“But…”
“Have some self-respect And I will protect you This is not the place you’re supposed to die Understood? Promise me”
“…”
Meihowa studiedserious But she quickly shtly
“Y-You Greenie… what’syou so confident?”
“I’m no Greenie”
I shook my head
“I aer—the Commander of the Dawn Corps!”
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Elcros were held as slaves in the mines So even if the Elcro launch an attack on the mines, they would have to hold their firepower in check
Weapons mounted on spacecraft did not have the ability to differentiate between friends or foes, so there was no reason for the Elcros to launch a full power offensive on the mines
Hence, one could say that the es And ere the ones who caes, and tried to ask them to share some of their space with us
So Co fair in soo on a suicide h this platoon consisted of mainly Replicants and half-breeds, she still would’ve ordered the same mission to any other platoon
I chose to understand Commander Donna for now
And she better understand ere about to do now
Aders and took out the keyboard for thethe computer, she hacked into the temporary security camera circuit and loaded up some visuals
The circuit was cut off to all connections apart fro in theinto the circuit was like stealing candy from a baby for Admiral Luise She was the one who created the Federation computer system in the first place
If she was able to get visuals from the military connection, then thatinto the entire military computer syste into the system, but she must’ve kept quiet about it because it was elementary for her
“Noill hack into the systee ourselves onto the Ateu Plains, so we’ll trick the ere there Also, please keep it a secret that I’ like this”
Ensign Meihowa and Sergeant Aroha were flabbergasted, after seeing what Admiral Luise just did Someone as able to hack into the military computer posed a threat to the entire Federation
Asa and Elcro civilizations had no connections to the Human-Race However, Replicants shared the sa able to hack into the syste piece
Hence, Replicant Rebelsto hack into the Federation system on a daily basis, but they wouldn’t have succeeded just yet
But Adht before their eyes Thanks to her, ere able to stay safe and ‘carry out’ Commander Donna’s orders
However, we realized there o to all that trouble Elcro round
da them as human shi+elds? If they plan to leave the Elcros like that for extended periods of time, they will all die fro to scoff at, after all
“damn it…”
“Hhtly overlook the situation if there’s so like that”
Admiral Luise started to concentrate She must’ve used clairvoyance to sense any enemy’s space fleets
“The ene They are headed to the mines”
As expected Having the Elcros act as huravated the enemy to launch an attack
On this planet where the te the day, the Elcro captives will die in one or two hours from dehydration
Theand a hostage to the ene a cruel ation to launch an attack
Unmanned drones started to pour down from the sky like rain The enemy must’ve deployed drones instead of the warshi+ps to inti base first
Surface-to-air missiles and rockets started to fire from the base in response However, the unmanned drones outnumbered the missiles
If that wasn’t despairing enough, the sky split in half and a black object fell straight down like lightning froround
—Shoowooooo
The air burst into flaiant, black, beetle-shaped Alter-Armour
Two gigantic horns, long liantic Alter-Ar over 40m
It was the Kishi+n Diablo, nicknamed Black Tyrant!
The Diablo, one of the 12 Kishi+n-class Alter-Arinally in the Federation’s possession, but was now in the hands of the Elcro It descended from the atmosphere and landed near the mines
The Kishi+n, while still hovering, rolled its neck and flexed its ar Two spots of light that shone from its black, shi+ny, armour on his head resembled human eyes
Every single ant and prideful Everyone could agree that it was overly arrogant, even though it didn’t have any facial expressions Also, Diablo didn’t have any special equipment apart from the cape on its back
[S-Shoot down the Diablo! We can break down the enemy’s will if we destroy that!]
Commander Donna’s voice echoed out from the military terminals
Is this lady out of her mind? A Kishi+n wouldn’t be called a Kishi+n if it could be defeated by so like surface-to-air missiles
However, soldiers lived and died by the orders given When the Commander’s order was issued, every soldier stationed at the mines started to focus their attacks on Diablo
A treh-mass beams bombarded Diablo However, when Diablo flapped its cape, its entire body turned half-transparent and all attacks passed through it
It escaped the attack by using Phase shi+ft to remove itself from reality for a few moments
Diablo escaped the attacks unscathed with ease The soldiers’ despair-ridden voices resounded over the terminals
[damn it!]
[Is that what Kishi+ns are like?!]
[We’re all gonna die!]
Complaints arose from the soldiers in the mines
That was understandable of course, because all of their attacks were ignored by the Diablo in vain Well, Phase shi+ft was not thathow the Federation soldiers were in despair, it seemed like they had never seen an Alter-Armour equipped with the ability before
Ensign Meihowa clenched her lips
“They’ll be annihilated like this What should we do? Should we go and aid them?”
“No”
I stopped her The enemy had a Kishi+n-class Alter-Aro aid theainst it on uarantee the safety of the other soldiers
And furthere, so the odds of great attacks from the enemy was low
However, so happened
[Surrender]
After avoiding the barrage of attacks, Diablo crossed its ar down at the mines No, it was the pilot who spoke from the speakers on the Diablo, to be specific
[I cannot sacrifice my innocent kin just to chase off you vile people, albeit the terrible crimes you’ve committed Surrender If you surrender noill spare your lives and spare you any torture It is a waste to hold any emotions for ants like you]
The pilot sure doesn’t sound like so people to surrender
Diablo bent down and stared at the an to pour down from the sky Elcro-Asa-Replicant soldiers jumped out from the shells and surrounded the base
The Federation soldiers abandoned their arht
Ensign Meihowa turned off the visuals of thebase
“At least they won’t die”
“That’s a relief We should stay low for now Although thebase soldiers won’t die, there is no need for us to also be captured, is there?”
Ensign Meihowa sighed at what Admiral Luise said She must’ve been really worried about the safety of the soldiers at thebase She was unusually sensitive for a soldier
I also sighed in relief Although I did not knoho the pilot of Diablo was, I was glad that the pilot spared the lives of the Federation soldiers and wrapped up the situation nicely
That was very coh the pilot was an enemy
However, so happened then
[Arghhh!]
A yell sounded over the terminals I jumped up in surprise and checked the computer visuals only to see the deserted platoonat the unmanned drones
Those fools! Why aren’t they hiding when the enemy has a Kishi+n and other soldiers!
Just for the reference, ere currently hiding near the sea whereThis was a point that we chose after much consideration to hide the Spider and the Minion-class Alter-Armour We were safe from the unmanned drones and surveillance vehicles
“Oh no, Bravo Squad and the rest were just le when they were spotted by the unmanned surveillance vehicles”
Admiral Luise quickly explained the situation to us
damn it, why didn’t they just surrender…
The pilot of Diablo appeared to be someone who disliked bloodshed, but there was a sli the squad that was acting independently, and without a hostage at that Also, that chance was further reduced as Bravo Squad opened fire first
[Arrgg! Die you alien fuckers!]
[Hiyaaa!]
Shouting lines that ht be heard in an SF film from the AD, they fired their Coil Rifles The rifles spat fire and hit the drones
What was displayed on the computer was like a scene out of a war film
“W-What should we do?”
Charlie Squadin the water
“What can we do—we’ll die if we come out of here!”
“But are you saying that we should just watch Bravo Squad being killed?!”
“damn it! Lieutenant Imamura can die for all I care! But Bravo Squad is…”
Conflict started to take place a
As their officer, she ard the lives of her soldiers so easily However, going to rescue the everyone here to death if she ordered theo and aid the Bravo squad
Seeing her being torn between the choices that she had before her, I made my decision
“I’ll go Ensign Meihowa, you stay here and calm down Charlie Squad”
“Are you out of your mind?! Bravo Squad is 130 kilometers away from us! By the time you arrive, they’ll…”
Ensign Meihoords trailed off Then, the other soldiers all complained
“You’ll have to be a SSS-class Teleporter to travel 130km in an instant”
“He must really think that he’s the Dawn Corps Commander”
“T-Then isn’t he just a lunatic? Is it really OK to arm a lunatic?”
“OK, Lezirth I’ll give you full support!”
Admiral Luise looked at ain She disconnected the communication between me and the other soldiers and ordered the others to take cover
Other soldiers took cover, disappearing froeant Aroha and Admiral Luise remained by my side
“Please keep what you’re about to see a secret, Meihowa, Aroha”
I winked at both of them, and attempted to teleport