"Shut up, all of you!"
"You're still arguing at a time like this. Do you want to die!? We have three minutes... no, two minutes. It doesn't matter what we choose!"
"Listen to my orders! Everyone, notify your subordinate units immediately to activate the Self-Destruct Program. Escape with as many as can get out, and destroy as much as you can!"
Seeing that they could not reach a unified decision even at such a critical moment, the previously silent Number 03 commander finally exploded in anger and cut them off.
Having lost his usual composure, even he, as a top-level Seventh Order expert, could not remain calm in the face of a crisis capable of bringing down the Alliance.
In an instant.
The others froze at his furious shout. Facing the most prestigious Number 03, they instinctively shut their mouths.
Seeing that no one objected, the mountain-like Number 03 no longer wasted words. He rapidly tapped the air in front of him with both hands, and a hidden communications panel instantly unfolded.
"I'll activate the ritual and awaken that one right now. You all, immediately...!"
However, before Number 03 could finish urging them on while activating the awakening program, an urgent voice suddenly rang out.
"Wait!"
"Sir, Number 03 Starsea!"
"Don't blow it up! Don't give up! Don't awaken that one!"
Ignoring Starsea's furious glare, Number 13, ranked last, hurriedly explained:
"I don't have time to explain everything! But have any of you wondered why the System detected the battlefield!? In my opinion, could this mean that our experiment has succeeded!?"
"Somewhere in one of the test areas on the battlefield, a test subject suddenly succeeded. That's what triggered the detection!"
"We can't give up! We can't blow it up! Didn't we pay such a huge price for this very