"Twin! Stars!"
Even though he had expected it, Kloros's expression still darkened when enemies appeared both in front of and behind him.
The pirates had joined forces with Twin Stars. This was undoubtedly the worst possible situation for the Locke Conglomerate.
It meant that whichever side he attacked, the other could interfere, just as his fleet now found itself caught between enemies on both sides...
"Abandon the defensive line! Turn the fleet immediately and withdraw along the flank!" He was decisive. Knowing the situation was untenable, he immediately abandoned his plan to hold the wormhole at all costs.
After issuing the order, he turned his gaze toward the Ghost Fleet ahead.
"Prepare the Crypt Lord for me!"
Kloros's fleet abandoned its fixed positions and began turning and accelerating, cutting diagonally past the Ghost Pirate Gang's flank at a forty-five-degree angle.
Seeing that he intended to flee, Ishar and Nie Yun adjusted their fleet formations in unspoken coordination, keeping Kloros caught between them. Both sides also deployed large numbers of shipborne mecha to begin clearing out the Locke Conglomerate's wormhole defenses.
Abandoned by Kloros and attacked from both directions, these highly dangerous semipermanent fortifications could no longer cover both ends. They began falling one after another, like a line of fire igniting across space.
Nie Yun and Ishar both had a clear objective: destroy these defensive fortifications first!
Without those fortifications, if Kloros wanted to return and reclaim control of the wormhole, he would have to rebuild a solid defensive line under Twin Stars' fire.
That was certainly not something a small fleet could accomplish.
On the battlefield, the mecha forces launched ahead of time by the Ghost Pirate Gang had already engaged the enemy at close quarters.
However, despite their clear numerical advantage, the Ghost Pirate Gang had encountered