Faced with such an urgent report, Eleanor Bonaparte almost laughed aloud. "Just look at that divine aura filling the heavens! You'd think this was some kind of temple fair, not a fortress."
"And since it's the Thunder God, why is it a staff instead of a hammer? That's blasphemy!" Captain Nemo added. As a Bharati, he was of course a strict mythological fundamentalist—even if the hammer-wielding Thunder God came from some corner of the Nordic lands.
So, amid the tense battlefield atmosphere, a strangely cheerful mood arose.
"Proceed with the Z-shaped maneuver as planned! Can we calculate the spread of its fire?" Eleanor asked.
"The commander provided the basic specifications of all the enemy's known main guns. The gamma-ray burst will spread over an area more than thirty times wider than the positron cannon's. It will create a broad denial zone, and could inflict effective damage even on a Titan's shields." As the captain answered, he brought up the latest calculations on his terminal.
The Chenxiao Fortress, a seamless silver structure resembling a colossal egg, had opened up a much wider conical mirror in the direction Silent's approach.
"At our current speed, we'll enter the Thunder God's Staff's firing range."
If a positron cannon like the "Arrow of the Wind God" was designed to attack capital ships, then a gamma-ray cannon with an even wider spread could deny an entire fleet of incoming ships.
Of course, it was actually even better than a positron cannon at turning things to glass. But mounting one on a warship was extremely poor value for money, so they were almost exclusively used as fortress guns.
"With Silent's capabilities, can we withstand a direct hit from this weapon?" Eleanor suddenly had a wild thought and asked a question that made everyone's blood run cold.
"We