A battle had ended in less than half an hour. The main reason was that every member on their side possessed strength at least on the level of an ace. No matter how numerous those drones with little actual combat power were, they could not truly threaten the current team.
Although the battle was over, that did not mean they had completely wiped out the intercepting drones. Strategically speaking, those drones held no strategic value and posed no real threat. They could have simply bypassed the insignificant drones and headed for the place called the Pillar of Dawn, but Miss Huang had another idea: completely eliminate the remaining enemies.
"Gundam Virtue, Hyaku Shiki, MK-II Gundam, F91 Gundam, and Gundam Pirates, stay behind and clear out the remaining enemies. Do not let a single enemy unit escape. You must also secure our withdrawal route. I'll send you the route and operation plan."
The pilots of the named units all responded. Athrun then said, "Miss Huang truly is an outstanding tactician. Before the real battle has even begun, she's already considered our final retreat route. Having someone like Miss Huang on our side really makes things much easier. Still, I believe we definitely won't need that final precaution this time."
"No matter how much confidence or strength we have, it is my duty to investigate the situation, make preparations, and arrange our deployment." Miss Huang did not seem embarrassed by Athrun's praise and merely said calmly, "All right, don't waste time here. We still don't know what sort of difficulties await us ahead."
"Let's move." Xiao Ran, who had remained silent until then, finally spoke. The moment his voice sounded, the entire communications channel fell silent once more, and everyone began advancing toward their final destination, the Pillar of Dawn.
They flew