"What are you doing!?"
Watching the Mecha surround them, Yugent III immediately roared in fury.
"Your Majesty, please forgive our discourtesy, but we cannot approve of your actions."
At the same time, one of the Mecha soldiers spoke.
"The Empire's territory is sacred and inviolable. It must never be plundered or occupied by outsiders! What you have done is the foolish act of utterly trampling upon the glory of the Empire and its fallen heroes!"
"You..."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. We do not intend to stage a coup. We merely wish to protect you and this nation from the deception of those slanderers, and thus have no choice but to take these measures. Please come with us. We guarantee that we will not harm your lives. As for you..."
As he spoke, the Mecha soldier shifted his gun and aimed it at Fang Zheng.
"Criminal who occupied the Empire's sacred territory through despicable means, I order you to surrender immediately and return the territory you have occupied to the Empire! Otherwise, I will execute you here and now!"
"Heh heh..."
Facing the gun before him, Fang Zheng merely chuckled.
"You think this pile of scrap metal can threaten me?"
"What did you say?!"
"I already said this once to Chancellor Osborne, so I'll say it to you again. Why am I entitled to occupy Crossbell? The reason is very simple..."
At that, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the Mecha soldier before him.
"Because I'm stronger than every last one of you... Get lost!"
"--------!!!"
With Fang Zheng's furious shout, the Mecha soldiers surrounding them were sent flying backward as though struck head-on by an invisible sledgehammer, smashing heavily into the walls. In the next instant, the Mecha completely shattered and exploded, turning into heaps of meaningless