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"Thor~!?"

After connecting the communication screen, Lasse was startled by Thor's sudden voice, as if he had seen a ghost.

Miss Huang, on the other hand, excitedly covered her mouth, looking at the communication screen on the main monitor with teary eyes, in disbelief.

"Thor, are you back? During this time… where exactly did you go?"

"That's a long story, Miss Huang. I'll tell you all about it when I get back.

But for now, you should command the Ptolemaios to retreat. I'll take over for Setsuna and break open a path for dialogue."

After speaking with Miss Huang, Thor didn't forget to glance at Fillete behind her.

"Also, my sister Fillete, I have a very, very big surprise for you later. Just wait for me to come back!"

"I'll wait for you to come back, Thor."

"Yeah, me too, big brother."

After the communication with the bridge of the Ptolemaios 2 Kai ended.

Thor used the ELS and DG cells on the Gundam Haliel to absorb and eliminate the parts of the Ptolemaios 2 Kai that had been assimilated and eroded by ELS fragments.

He also perfectly repaired the pitted sections of the hull.

Then, he quickly sped towards Tieria's direction.

Only Ian, who was still busy, looked at the completely restored ship data on his tablet, completely bewildered, and connected to the bridge.

"Do you guys know what just happened? The eroded parts on the Ptolemaios are all gone, and even the damaged parts have been repaired."

"What!?"

"Huh? You guys don't know either?"

Just as everyone was looking confused, Mileina shouted excitedly.

"It must have been Thor, he's back."

"Thor's back!?"

"Ah, that's right, Dad. So it must have been Thor, he's the only one with that ability!"

Seeing his daughter's confident gaze, Ian's eyes twitched unconsciously. He suddenly felt like even his leaky little cotton jacket was about to disappear.

After Thor rescued Tieria, he glanced at the Seraph Gundam GNHW/5G, which had lost most of its five backpacks.

First, he released ten GN Scissor Units, and after unfolding their fan-shaped beam blades, they combined to form an offensive, giant beam field shield.

With a wicked grin, he released a mass of silver metallic fluid composed of ELS and DG cells. To Tieria's astonished gaze, he restored her unit to its pristine condition.

"This, this is… the same stuff as those ELS?"

"Oh, that's right. The last time I was assimilated by these ELS for a moment, I don't know why, but I time-traveled again, back to the past…"

While on the way and repairing Tieria's unit, Thor was also deceiving her, and while leading them on a charge, he recounted some of his experiences from returning to the past.

After inexplicably integrating with the small ELS floating bodies and the complete bodies that were assimilating and eroding him, without any side effects…

He also helped Aeolia establish Celestial Being and brought him and the elders back.

Tieria listened, stunned, feeling her eyes twitching uncontrollably.

Regene, on the other hand, showed an excited expression, feeling that her choice back then was very wise.

After hearing the explanation, Tieria's eyes suddenly lit up as she asked, "Since you've already become one with the ELS, can you communicate with them and stop their attacks?"

"Sorry, I can't do that anymore."

"Why?"

"After all, I only merged with a small floating individual. At most, it's just a soldier controlled under a unified consciousness.

If it were one or two, it would be fine. I could just go up and embrace them, and they'd become a part of me.

But I don't have the authority or ability to directly control other ELS individuals on a large scale.

And I have a feeling.

If I assimilate too many ELS individuals, I might lose my own consciousness and become one of the ELS individuals in the collective consciousness."

"What!? That… that's terrifying!"

Hearing Regene's exclamation, Thor felt he might have exaggerated a bit, so he comforted them, "But don't worry, I won't assimilate too many of them.

And it's very simple to achieve true permanent stability.

As long as Setsuna completes the dialogue with the mother-child body to obtain the coordinates, and then successfully assimilates with the ELS's main mother body, making his consciousness combine with the main mother body and become their new king."

"Is that the only way?"

"Yes, anyone with selfish or evil intentions cannot go. It will only lead to a worse outcome, so we can only rely on Setsuna."

After hearing Thor's words, Tieria fell into deep silence.

Meanwhile.

The fourteen Courage Types of the Solar Squad were almost all using two GN-T Type Solar Furnaces and GN Particle Tanks for alternating charging, having already undergone six rounds of fully released GN particle Crimson Burst Mode.

The particle consumption of the GN-T Type Solar Furnaces was also nearing its limit.

Even Graham, who was covering Setsuna's continuous advance, had activated the Trans-Am System at full power three times.

Furthermore, several of the Courage Types' bodies had already been partially assimilated and eroded by ELS fragments.

So, in order to cover their other teammates and give them some breathing room, they unanimously steered towards the most densely packed ELS individuals and used self-destruction to block their offensive speed.

Although their other teammates and Graham were deeply pained by this, they still resolutely continued to escort Setsuna, pushing towards the ELS Mother-Child Body.

Upon nearing the Mother-Child Body, the remaining squad members piloting the green Courage Types activated the Trans-Am System for the seventh time.

They attempted to break open an entry point into the interior of the Mother-Child Body, which was the size of the moon.

But they failed without a doubt.

The ELS Mother-Child Body once again deployed its beam refraction barrier, completely defending against their attacks.