OO Pioneer-13

"Damn it~!"

"No way, we can't break through even with this?"

"Could it be, is this really the end of the line?"

After their attack failed, the members of the Solar Squad were exhausted.

Due to excessive GN particle usage, they could only discard one of their GN-T Type Solar Furnaces, which had already overloaded and was about to explode.

This sudden drop in power caused several more units to be assimilated and eroded by the ELS.

Just as Setsuna was about to move forward to rescue them, Graham, piloting the Courage Type, blocked his path.

"Don't go! Continue with the mission!"

"But..."

"There's no 'but'! This is their destiny, all for the sake of opening up humanity's future."

After Graham stopped Setsuna from attempting a rescue, the few Solar Squad members who had been assimilated and eroded immediately reactivated their Trans-Am System.

They charged directly at the ELS Mother-Child Body's outer shell, attempting a self-destruct. However, they only managed to slightly breach the surface.

Seeing Setsuna hesitate, Graham immediately roared at him.

"Do you want all their sacrifices to be in vain, boy!?"

"...Sorry, I understand."

Setsuna nodded in silent mourning, a look of helplessness on his face.

He then glanced at the difficult-to-breach surface of the ELS Mother-Child Body, and with a serious expression, shouted at the Veda auxiliary system, "00 Gundam Quantum Type Full Saber, Setsuna F. Seiei, Quantum Burst Mode, activate!"

Immediately, a red light flashed within the cockpit.

The 00 Gundam Quantum Type Full Saber once again released its GN Fangs armor and revealed the five GN Condensers on its chest and limbs.

Wrapped in released GN particles, it raised the GN Sword IV Full Saber and charged towards the underside of the Mother-Child Body.

While charging, it compressed all the GN particles onto the blade of the GN Sword IV Full Saber.

Then, a massive, ten-thousand-meter GN Star Cutting Sword energy beam slashed towards the surface of the ELS Mother-Child Body's outer shell.

As expected, the GN Star Cutting Sword's energy beam crackled and continuously broke through the surface's protective shell.

After cutting open a large section of the outer shell, the interior core was finally slightly visible.

However, it was at this moment that the ELS swarm's attacks became even more frenzied.

They relentlessly swarmed towards the attacking 00 Gundam Quantum Type Full Saber.

"Unless you want to step over my corpse, you won't stop the path to humanity's future~!"

Seeing the critical situation, Graham immediately activated the Trans-Am state of the Courage Type. He flew in circles around the 00 Gundam Quantum Type Full Saber, continuously sweeping the approaching ELS swarm with its GN Mega Cannon Beam.

He shielded Setsuna from all attacks.

The surviving members of the Solar Squad also rallied around, using their own mobile suits to protect the 00 Gundam Quantum Type Full Saber as it broke through the Mother-Child Body's shell.

Because of this, Graham and the remaining Solar Squad members' Pioneer Types were assimilated and eroded by small ELS float units to varying degrees.

Graham's unit, in particular, was assimilated and eroded all the way to the cockpit.

He gritted his teeth, enduring the intense pain of the metallic stinging as the cockpit was assimilated and eroded, continuing to cover Setsuna's attack.

"Now!"

Seeing that a gap large enough for his mobile suit to pass through had been opened, Setsuna immediately retracted the GN Star Cutting Sword and, before the Mother-Child Body's outer shell could heal, charged forward at maximum speed.

However, the small ELS float units also surged towards the gap, immediately filling more than half of it.

"No, the gap is closing!"

"Is it too late?"

"Are we going to fail in the end?"

"Humanity's future, is it really just...?"

"We can't let this chance slip away!"

"All Solar Squad members, charge towards that gap!"

"Even if you have to crash your own bodies into it, expand the gap!"

Seeing his subordinates despairing, Graham led the charge towards the shrinking gap.

The closest unit to the Mother-Child Body's outer shell, a green Courage Type that had been assimilated and eroded, activated its GN Mega Cannon in its Trans-Am state and then rammed into the healing gap, performing a suicidal attack.

However, both the GN Mega Cannon and the final self-destruct explosion only slightly slowed down the healing speed of the Mother-Child Body's outer shell.

It couldn't compare to the destructive power of the GN Star Cutting Sword.

Just as Graham, at his wit's end, was about to follow the others and crash into the opening in the hull to perform a self-destruct attack.

A giant, rhombus-shaped energy beam shield slammed into the closing gap.

"Everyone, looks like I'm not too late!"

"It's you, Thor!? You're finally back?"

Hearing Thor's voice, and recalling the tragic and heroic actions of the Solar Squad before, Setsuna felt a lump form in his throat, almost choking him.

Thor shook his head helplessly. As expected, without the experience of his mind being impacted by the vast information of the ELS and getting injured, his consciousness hadn't undergone the process of sublimation.

Therefore, his personality's maturity was still a little lacking.

However, Tieria, standing beside him, noticed Setsuna's slightly unusual and dispirited expression.

While using the five Archangel Gundams on his backpack to rescue the pilots of the assimilated Courage Types, He sternly reprimanded him, "Setsuna, now is not the time to be distracted. Don't forget your own mission!"

"That's right, on this battlefield, people are constantly sacrificing themselves for humanity's future. There's no time for you to be sad now!"

Thor also let out a roar at him, wanting to clear his head.

And as expected, Setsuna, feeling the situation on the battlefield and seeing the warriors who were full of hope and courage and still fighting, Quickly regained his usual serious expression.

"I understand! I will carve out a future for everyone!"

"This is our Setsuna! Leave the task of widening the hole to me next!"

Seeing Setsuna's renewed spirit.

Thor, wanting to show him the powerful force generated by human conviction, decided to reignite his belief once more.

He then retracted the pilot's seat and control system from the Gundam Haliel's cockpit.

Using the high-speed combination ability of nanomachines, he instantly reassembled and activated the human-machine integration mode.

He immediately recalled ten GN Scissor Units.

As they unfolded their fan-shaped energy beams, they enveloped Gundam Haliel's right hand, transforming it into a giant drill.

"If you are going to be a wall blocking my path~!

No matter when, no matter where, I will drill a hole in you and break you through~!

That is... my drill!

My drill... is a drill that opens the heavens and the earth!!!"

After a roar.

Thor used the energy blade on the giant drill and with all his might, continuously widened the gap in the outer hull.