More SPTs came from the city. For Athrun and the others, who had only just begun to adapt to real combat, the situation was once again taking a turn for the worse. Xiao Ran had already seen through it: the most numerous silver SPTs were actually intelligent drones, while the slightly better ones were piloted by ordinary soldiers. The ones arriving now should have been the captains and elites of this Glatters Army force.
Though there were not many of them, there were still more than a dozen units, and they had brought another batch of unmanned SPTs with them. Their total number exceeded thirty. For Athrun and the others, this could be considered a small test—at least, in Xiao Ran's eyes, it was only a small test.
Faced with enemy reinforcements, Xiao Ran not only gave Athrun, Nicol, Ed, and the others no assistance, but instead took the initiative to pilot the Savior Gundam backward, moving away from the battle zone. This was not only to make it clear to everyone that they needed to deal with these enemies themselves, but also to leave the protection range of the Green Buster and Red Astray, freeing up their combat strength so they could truly join the fight.
Dearka and the Red Astray's pilot were both shocked by Xiao Ran's withdrawal, but they had no choice. Seeing their comrades still entangled with other enemies while a new wave approached from afar, the two units immediately pushed forward into the battle zone.
At the same time, they activated their units' strongest long-range attacks, both aiming at the incoming Glatters Army reinforcements. Several enormous beams shot forth in an instant.
Xiao Ran kept watching the "fierce" battle, but made no move whatsoever. All he needed to do was monitor the pilots' conditions and