This was only the beginning of the Impact Legion's retreat when Mwu sensed that something was off. Yet she could not pinpoint what it was, so she merely told everyone to stay alert in case anything happened. She even had Nalo, who possessed danger-sensing and even precognitive abilities, return to stay by her side. She had not expected the accident to occur while the Burning Legion began transforming and the Yamato and True Getter Dragon were still attacking.
Mwu had long learned from Xiao Ran what kind of weapon the Moonlight Cannon was. Yet when the Gedim first appeared directly ahead, the Impact Legion had displayed neither of its two most typical tactics. The first was to hide behind the main Gedim force to charge up, then use energy transmission to supply all their MS and MA, firing Moonlight Cannons in formation to bombard them.
The second was to have completed charging in advance. Whether they appeared behind or ahead of the Gedim Unit, they could launch a wave of Moonlight Cannon formation attacks the moment they appeared. Either method would indeed have caused the Victory Fleet considerable trouble.
Yet neither of the two most likely actions had occurred. Such an abrupt deviation naturally made Mwu feel that something was wrong, meaning that the Impact Legion and Gedim had a third option. Especially when the Impact Legion suddenly began retreating, that sense of unease grew even stronger.
The Impact Legion clearly knew they would become priority targets, yet they had deliberately positioned themselves among the Gedim forces. Not only that, their four A-class mecha had chosen to directly confront the Victory Fleet's elite pilots. While it was possible they were deliberately drawing away the Victory Fleet's top combat strength to ease the pressure on Gedim, the Impact Legion was not