"Where are your parents?"
"They died on the battlefield."
"Some of your parents may have died at the hands of our Skywing Mercenary Group. Don't you hate us for that?"
"What's there to hate? The battlefield is a place of slaughter to begin with. Either you die or I die. If anyone deserves blame and hatred, it should be the Dion Empire—especially that emperor. He caused all of this."
After hearing him out, Pani nodded. "I understand. So what do you plan to do next? Continue fighting them, or disarm and let us take you in for the time being?"
"We're willing to disarm. Please take us in for now. We don't want to keep fighting on the battlefield. We want to live. None of us are real soldiers; we were all dragged here to fill the ranks."
Pani immediately contacted headquarters and reported the situation.
After receiving her orders, Pani told the Azure pilots, "An airship will come to pick you up. Abandon your machines, and troops will escort you to our camp."
"Alright, thank you."
The Azure pilots and their comrades felt as though a huge weight had been lifted from their shoulders. To them, getting away from the battlefield was their best chance of surviving.
On the battlefield, more and more people from the Colony Sphere who had been abducted years ago began to turn against the Dion Army.
They had long known that the Dion Empire was heading toward its end. When the Skywing Mercenary Group attacked the Mars Sphere, they knew their chance had come.
And today's battle was the moment they chose to defect. They all wanted revenge for their dead loved ones.
The commanders on the Dion Army's side also received several signal flares and learned what had happened.
The commanders gave