The Twin Stars' mecha withdrew en masse, but Nie Yun's Mecha Forces only made a token pursuit over a short distance. After wiping out a rear guard unit, they turned back to concentrate on annihilating the remaining Twin Stars forces, looking entirely unhurried.
"They aren't pursuing?" Ishar studied the battlefield situation in puzzlement.
Why haven't they immediately gone back to reinforce their rear?
Are they planning something else? Or are they genuinely confident they can stop our mecha's advance?
By this point in the battle, aside from the few unmanned fighters left, both sides' Mecha Forces had lost nearly half their strength. Even so, more than nine hundred Twin Stars mecha had broken away from the fighting!
Are they really that confident against a force of that size?
Just then, her adjutant exclaimed in surprise, "Ma'am, the enemy's combined warship has stopped firing!"
Ishar looked toward the enemy's rear formation. Sure enough, the combined warship had ceased fire, leaving only the Long-Lived One's fortress guns to continue suppressing the Sea Race Fleet.
Not only that, it was slowly adjusting its orientation. The five-pointed star gradually tilted ninety degrees, changing from a horizontal spin to a vertical one.
Then the Sea Wolf's five Mechanical Arms slowly bent, aiming the five attached Houyi-class ships straight ahead.
The combined warship now resembled a spinning Gatling gun, its barrels pointed at the menacing army of approaching Twin Stars mecha.
Without waiting for Ishar's orders, the Twin Stars Mecha Pilots, who had already witnessed the warship's terrifying firepower, hastily spread their formation out a little to minimize their chances of being hit.
Still, they were startled rather than panicked. As formidable as those five main cannons were, using them against nimble Miniature Mecha was clearly overkill, and not particularly effective.
Strangely, however, the anticipated extreme-range