Four incendiary shells struck the raised spines on the unknown monster's back. The impact also set the long fur along its back alight!
"Roar!!!"
The monster let out an enraged roar after being ambushed, and the flames burning in its fur went out at once!
The moment Sato Yu met the monster's gaze, the four cannons on Hero's abdomen fired another volley!
At the same time, the long tail that had pierced MS-03 suddenly lashed out, driving farther through the mech. It aimed the tip of its tail at the incoming shells and fired seven spikes!
Boom!
The four shells exploded in midair, two hundred meters from the monster. The remaining three spikes continued toward Hero, piloted by Sato Yu!
Hero wasn't as agile as MS-03, so all Sato Yu could do was hold the broken blade across its body!
Clang! Clang!
Two spikes struck the blade and spun off to the side, but the third pierced Hero's leg armor, nearly throwing the mech off balance!
The monster seized the moment while Hero was wounded. It yanked its tail out of MS-03, turned, and whipped it at the damaged mech!
"Neural synchronization protection activated automatically. Chest armor damaged by 74%. Synchronization rate forcibly locked at 43%!"
MS-03 weighed tens of thousands of tons, yet before it could even regain its footing, it was sent crashing through three hundred-meter-tall buildings like a toy with its seams coming apart. It slammed heavily into the ground!
White Shadow had been injured along with MS-03.
After a brief moment of weightlessness, the immense impact sent the cockpit shaking violently. White Shadow hadn't activated the magnetic restraints in time, and the harness wrenched two of her ribs apart!
The unbearable pain tormented White Shadow. With her synchronization rate already cut in half, controlling the mech