Looking down from the sky, a blazing streak of fire cut across the night, piercing through the Dragoon Fighters blocking its path and the dense swarm of drones. As surging radiance and explosions ignited the heavens, it charged toward the highest reaches of the sky.
Seeing this, the Mecha, which was climbing even higher into the sky, suddenly accelerated and raised the cannons in both hands.
Dazzling lasers and Railguns streaked across the sky at the same time, like two intersecting beams of light. They passed beside the rising fire but failed to hit it, only blasting through the Dragoon Fighter formation and the cloud of drones below.
New light quickly gathered within the cannon muzzles.
But it was already too late. Even a nuclear-powered Mecha with no shortage of energy could not gather a second wave of firepower in time.
The brilliant blaze reached the Mecha's outer hatch. A hand stretched out and slammed its palm against the cockpit canopy.
Boom—
With a thunderous crash, the cockpit canopy shattered instantly. The figure wrapped in roaring flames passed through the opening and rushed into the cockpit.
A broad, heavyset middle-aged man sat in the pilot's seat. He looked up at He Ao in terror. "Hawk, what are you doing?"
This heavyset man had once been Hawk's deputy commander and was now the acting commander.
He Ao walked to the side of the cockpit. The finger bones wrapped in flames casually tapped the control panel, activating the wide-area broadcast.
The heavyset man did not notice He Ao's movement. All he saw was He Ao drawing closer. He roared hoarsely, "Hawk, you can't kill me! Are you betraying the board? You can't kill me without the board's permission! If you kill me, the board won't let you off! The entire Federation will