Chapter 791
"God, this was unbelievable. I'd thought this sortie was just for show, to make those Earth Force bastards back down when they saw the odds. I never expected us to win in the end. I never imagined we'd win—and so easily, too."
"Yeah. We were outnumbered three to one, yet we only paid such a small price in casualties and losses to defeat an Earth Force fleet of that scale. It was incredible just thinking about it. Compared to what we gained after this battle, and what this victory meant, those sacrifices and losses were worth it."
"That was all because of Sir. Without him, even if their combat strength had only matched ours one-to-one, those Gundams alone would have been enough to give us hell. Did you see it? Sir just swooped in with that black Justice Gundam and destroyed every one of those aggressive Gundams. Even now, it still felt like a dream. Those machines looked so powerful—how could they have been destroyed so easily?"
"What was that compared to? You didn't experience the battle two years ago. I happened to be aboard the Archangel then, taking part in that battle. We only had a few warships, while the combined Earth Force and ZAFT fleets were terrifyingly huge. Didn't we still beat them into a complete rout in the end? That was when the Earth Force and ZAFT gave Sir the title of Orb's Black Demon."
"I know, I know. Sir even led the team that destroyed ZAFT's Genesis, saved Earth, and became a hero to the world. He beat both sides so badly that they didn't dare keep shouting about continuing the war. They hurriedly signed a ceasefire agreement under Orb's supervision, and they had no choice but to pay all sorts of reparations. Orb's