But to be safe.
Tieria's consciousness within Veda had long since projected a miniature version of herself inside Setsuna's cockpit.
In case Tieria and Regene failed to make it in time, she was prepared to bypass their relay stations and remotely help Setsuna sort the information during the dialogue.
Although having two fewer channels for the sorting process might make it a little slower, it was still enough. After all, this had been how the sorting was originally done.
Setsuna would just have to deal with a bit more of a headache.
"Damn it, is this as far as we can go?"
Just as Tieria thought there was nothing she could do and she and Regene were about to be completely engulfed by a swarm of small ELS drone units.
She turned to Regene with an unwilling expression. "Regene, I'll tear open an opening. Leave the rest to you!"
"Huh? What are you planning to do?"
"My body... isn't important to me. I'll only be returning to Veda anyway."
Regene, who was continuously firing, was bewildered by the sudden communication. But when she heard Tieria mention returning to Veda, she understood her intention.
She immediately tried to stop her in panic. "Don't do anything stupid, Tieria!"
"There's no need to say more. Go, Regene! Setsuna's side... is in your hands..."
"Yo, Tieria. Miss me?"
Just as Tieria was about to use self-destruction to blast open a path, at least allowing Regene to catch up with Setsuna and help with the dialogue.
Thor appeared on the battlefield, piloting the gray-black MA Gundam Haliel, which had been improved using Gundam Angel as its template.
After using the sustained beam fire from the two GN Particle Cannons mounted on its back to blast an opening through one side of the encirclement, it immediately switched to MS mode.
It swiftly unfolded the two pairs of eyes on its face, entering the six-eyed Maruda System Mode state—or rather, Wind God Mode.
Then, holding a GN Particle Cannon in each hand, it fired two GN Cannon Beams that carved through the ELS swarm about to surround them with small-angle looping attacks from above.
"Thor!? You bastard, you finally decided to show up?"
"Woohoo, that was perfect timing!"
"Yeah, I'm back!"
After staring in disbelief at Thor on the communications screen, Tieria and Regene both revealed tearful expressions of joy.
A few minutes earlier.
Thor had controlled the Ptolemaios 2 Chasing Light through the Space-Time Tunnel, returning to the vicinity of the Jupiter orbital region they had previously left.
"So this is the alien metallic species... ELS?"
"It's huge!"
"This is incredible!"
Aeolia and the Celestial Being elders on the bridge all wore utterly incredulous, shocked expressions as they watched the ELS swarm fighting Earth's forces in Mars orbit.
Watching the New World Federal Government forces and the Celestial Being Organization fall into a desperate situation.
Thor turned to the only two combat personnel on the bridge, Fillete's parents, Lui and Marlene. "Lui, Marlene, I'm leaving the Chasing Light and everyone to you. I'll go on ahead."
"Mm, don't worry. Leave this place to us."
"Mm, we'll be careful."
After nodding to them.
Thor directly used the evolved Ultimate DG Cells—the ELS.DG Cells that had already devoured ELS.
Without even needing to go to the hangar, he turned the bridge ceiling into a mass of silver metallic fluid and passed straight through it into outer space without the slightest obstruction.
Then Thor summoned part of the metallic fluid from his storage space to his side and used the evolved ELS.DG Cells to perform High-Speed Nanomachine Assembly.
In an instant, it transformed into Gundam Haliel's ultra-high-speed MA form, identical to Gundam Angel.
The moment it entered the Trans-Am system, it streaked through space like a meteor and charged toward the battlefield.
At the same time.
The Ptolemaios 2 Kai had also fallen into a difficult situation. Several areas of its hull showed signs of metallic spikes formed by assimilation and corrosion from ELS fragments, and many of its weapons could no longer function properly.
Even so, it continued firing nonstop with the GN Cannons and Missile Pods that could still attack.
Thousands upon thousands of GN Missiles also continuously sped toward the ELS swarm.
But this left Ian suffering terribly inside the ship.
While he busily used the high-voltage plasma defense system to isolate the assimilated and corroded sections of the hull.
He also had to work with Linda, directing a large group of Haros to continuously deliver GN Missiles into the Missile Pods that could still fire.
On the bridge.
Mileina watched Setsuna in the distance. Although he had received support from Graham and the Solar Squad, he still had not broken through to the ELS Mother-Child Body.
"Fillete, Mileina, evacuate immediately. The Ptolemaios has already..."
"No! I'm staying too, with everyone!"
"Me too. My father and mother are on the Ptolemaios. I won't leave either."
"Fillete, Mileina, be good and listen..."
"Christina, I'm not a child anymore. I don't want to go through the feeling of losing you again. Even if we die, we'll die together!"
"Mm, mm, me too. Even if we die, I want to stay with everyone!"
"You two..."
Faced with Mileina's sudden evacuation order, Fillete and Mileina both refused with solemn expressions. Even Christina, who usually acted as their big sister, could not persuade them.
Looking at Fillete and Mileina's serious faces, it was clear they could not be swayed.
Mileina could only shake her head helplessly before issuing the order to charge forward.
"Then, attention all personnel! Ptolemaios, full firepower! Continue Full Barrage with every weapon that still works. Force a breakthrough toward Setsuna.
"If necessary... self-destruct to create an opening for Setsuna and the others!"
"Understood!"
Hearing their united reply and seeing everyone prepared to face death, Mileina's heart ached. Overwhelmed with emotion, she apologized to them. "I'm sorry. I dragged all of you onto this road of no return..."
"What are you saying, Mileina? We all chose this willingly. Ever since we became Celestial Being, we put life and death aside long ago."
"Mm, Christina's right. I feel the same way. For humanity's future, our sacrifice is worthwhile."
"Hmph, now that's more like a real man."
Although Richterdal still looked like a hopeless simp as he fawned over Christina, Christina finally responded to him, leaving him thrilled beyond words.
After Laser, who had been fed enough dog food at the side, shook his head helplessly, he seriously gripped the controls.
"Everyone, hold tight. We're charging..."
"Everyone, I'm back!"
But before he could fully accelerate, Thor's voice reached their ears.
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