To save time, Xiao Ran still had the participants who had joined him board the Burning Legion, then led this well-behaved group straight toward Earth.
Not long after the Burning Legion emerged from the FOLD Jump passage, the Shadow Blade Legion's Small MACROSS-class Battleship appeared alongside it. The two warships easily traveled from some distance away from Earth to directly above the Federal Government's capital.
Throughout the jump, Xiao Ran did not go to the bridge. Instead, he stayed in the hangar with the other participants. Only after receiving the notification did he look at them and clap lightly. "We're here. I already told you about this mission: attack the Federal capital and eliminate all resistance, especially any participants who show themselves."
"If any S-class Pilots appear, our own S-class Pilots will handle them. Your main task is to deal with the other enemies."
The participants obediently nodded, then climbed into their mecha in the hangar and launched one after another in formation. Only after everyone had deployed did Xiao Ran pilot the Dragon God Mecha, which was finally getting a chance to appear in this world, out of the Burning Legion.
After Xiao Ran launched, dozens of mecha were already waiting outside: Hana, Saki, Naluo, and Zechs from Xiao Ran's squad; Bicchy and the other members of the Shadow Blade squad; five participant squads that had joined Xiao Ran before and after; as well as Char. Their numbers had surpassed forty. Even counting only participants, there were more than thirty of them—likely more than half of all participants taking part in this mission.
Moreover, Bicchy was also an S-class Pilot, while Char himself could display S-class Combat Power. Together with the overpowered Xiao Ran, gathering such a force to deal with a single participant team was equally excessive.
But