In the depths of space, around an oval planet marked by dark shadows and earthy yellow hues, a massive ring completely encircled the world. More arms extended outward from the ring, each ending in a huge diamond-shaped structure. An identical structure stood at the center of the ring as well. Every one of these structures was an identical Space Gate.
It was precisely because multiple Space Gates existed here that the Balan System had become the foundation of Gamillas's space transit network. Even if the network connected to one Space Gate could not reach a certain destination, another gate could be used to jump there instead.
The Victory Fleet emerged from one of the subsidiary Space Gates. Their target was the most crucial point in this Space Gate network: the gate located directly at the ring's core. But outside that gate, countless Gamillas warships and Space Fighters blocked their path. To reach and pass through the gate, they had to carve out a route through the innumerable Gamillas vessels.
Xiao Ran had already directly destroyed the flagship of this immense fleet, Sellinger's red warship. Everyone aboard, including Sellinger, had become dust in space. The other dozen or so command ships were also being destroyed one after another through the efforts of Akihito Tenkawa, Anqi, Setsuna, Sarah, and the others.
The massive robot formed by the transformed Burning Legion raised its MACROSS Cannon and locked onto the route leading to the gate. Then, it unleashed an enormous purple-black beam crackling with electric arcs.
The terrifying beam fired from the barrel did not seem to emerge from within the muzzle at all. Instead, it seemed to exist out of thin air some ten meters ahead of it. This was because the MACROSS Cannon had gathered too much power. The discharged energy became