A Jesta Cannon fired its quad multi-purpose launcher in one direction, yet there was absolutely nothing there.
Anyone watching would have thought the Jesta Cannon pilot had lost their mind.
They had suddenly opened fire in a random direction.
But soon, the grenades launched by the Jesta Cannon's quad multi-purpose launcher struck what seemed to be a transparent object, bursting into successive flashes of fire.
The other three MS units in the same squad as the Jesta Cannon also opened fire in different directions.
One Richer Type-A repeatedly fired in the same direction.
The transparent object struck by the Jesta Cannon's grenades revealed itself shortly after the explosions erupted.
It was an Ink Shadow Saint Machine, and its pilot was utterly shocked.
Not long ago, remotely controlled missiles from a receiver had destroyed a Quantum Scanner, allowing the pilot and their comrades to infiltrate using the Ink Shadow Saint Machine's stealth capabilities.
That was because the Skywing Empire's Quantum Scanners and Quantum Radars could detect their cloaked units.
But they had never expected the scanning functions of the ordinary MS units used by the Skywing Empire's regular forces to detect them.
Earlier, the pilot and their comrades had also eliminated a Border Defense Force squad, silently wiping out the entire target team.
When they encountered a regular army unit and attempted to repeat the same tactic, the enemy immediately opened fire on them, aiming directly at their positions.
What the Ink Shadow Saint Machine pilot did not realize was that after the Skywing Empire had been established and taken over the Mars Sphere, it had completely absorbed the Dion Empire's technology.
They knew exactly what technology the Ink Shadow Saint Machine's stealth function used.
The Ink Shadow Saint Machines used by the Dion Pirate Group had merely been manufactured according