Gundam SEED: Home on Junius Seven
Chapter 17

The Battle for the World Tree (1)

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Bullets fired from the muzzle streaked through space and struck the warhead at the front of a missile with pinpoint accuracy. The powerful impact detonated the warhead's forward fuse, which in turn set off the high-energy explosive packed behind it.

The missile vanished in an instant amid the explosion. After destroying it, Felix piloted the White Ginn and opened fire on the other missiles.

With his calculations perfectly precise, every shot hit its mark. Each bullet blew a missile apart.

After Felix and the other ZAFT soldiers dealt with all the incoming missiles, the unit continued advancing.

"We're thirty kilometers from a direct engagement with the Earth Alliance Forces. Everyone, stay sharp. Recruits, stick with the veterans, and don't push too deep into the battlefield."

Watching the distance steadily shrink, Felix gave the members of Griffith Squad one last reminder over the comms.

"Yes, Captain!"

A chorus of replies rang out over the comms.

After hearing their responses, Felix said no more and continued advancing in the White Ginn.

The distance shrank from thirty kilometers to twenty-five!

Missiles, beams, and other attacks once again poured in from the calm ahead.

Dodging the beam fire, Felix aimed the White Ginn at the incoming missiles and electromagnetic cannon shells, then opened fire.

One missile after another was shot down.

Not long after he destroyed the missiles, a series of points of light appeared on the radar.

The display in front of Felix zoomed in on the contacts. He saw Moebius units carrying missiles, along with escort units equipped with heavy-caliber machine guns.

The machine-gun-equipped Moebius units charged ahead. Their pilots squeezed the triggers, sending bullet after bullet from their guns.

The flashes from their muzzles stood out sharply on the screen before Felix.

Felix manipulated the White Ginn into a series of rolls and lateral maneuvers through space, dodging the bullets fired by the Moebius units.

The White Ginn raised the Heavy Assault Machine Gun in its hands.

Felix's finger squeezed the trigger.

Bullets burst from the muzzle.

The first three bullets pierced through the Moebius's predicted path of movement, based on Felix's calculations. The fourth struck the unit directly along its trajectory.

After blowing up the Moebius, the White Ginn made minute maneuvers to dodge the incoming fire.

Felix watched the Moebius ahead.

After a series of feints, he had figured out the pilot's habitual maneuvers. Now he fired based on those patterns.

Another bullet struck the Moebius exactly where he predicted.

"Watch out! The pilot of that MS is strange. He's very good at predicting our movements. Use irregular maneuvers whenever possible.

Don't let him figure out your patterns!"

After two of their comrades had died at Felix's hands, the other Moebius pilots had also begun to understand what made him so dangerous.

One of the pilots warned his comrades over the comms.

The six Moebius units began maneuvering unpredictably around the White Ginn Felix was piloting, firing as they moved.

Bullets came at the White Ginn from multiple directions.

Watching the incoming fire and the warning lights flashing on the preemptive radar as alarms blared, Felix quickly chose the best evasive route.

Under his constant control, the White Ginn maneuvered through space, dodging one dangerous attack after another.

As it evaded, the White Ginn's Heavy Assault Machine Gun kept firing.

The bullets threw off the Moebius units' movements. Their erratic maneuvers disrupted their firing rhythm. Felix seized the brief opening, chose a direction, and piloted the Ginn forward at high speed.

He dodged the incoming fire as he accelerated, rapidly closing the distance.

The Ginn and the Moebius came face-to-face!

The difference between a MA and an MS was made crystal clear in that instant.

The Moebius tried to evade the danger through maneuvering, but Felix gave it no chance at all.

He swung the Heavy Slash Blade in his hand!

One slash cleaved the Moebius in two.

After destroying the unit, the White Ginn turned under Felix's control and fired behind itself.

He squeezed the trigger twice, firing in two different directions.

The first bullet altered a Moebius's movement path.

The second struck the new path it had taken and pierced through the unit.

With that done, Felix continued fighting.

The Ginn charged toward a Moebius through the incoming fire, which Felix dodged with minute maneuvers.

Inside the Moebius cockpit

"Damn it! Why is this guy so good? He's a whole lot stronger than the other ZAFT soldiers! Why?!"

The pilot gritted his teeth and growled.

His hands never stopped moving as he continued maneuvering the Moebius, trying to shake the White Ginn off his tail.

The two units chased each other through space for a while. Felix kept disrupting the Moebius's route with ranged attacks, severely slowing its advance.

The White Ginn took the opportunity to catch up.

Felix brought the Heavy Slash Blade down in a single chop.

The Moebius instantly split in two.

After destroying it, Felix turned to deal with the other Moebius units.

Then he saw on the screen that one of his comrades was in trouble. Without a second thought, he aimed the Heavy Assault Machine Gun at the enemy and came to his rescue.

His bullets disrupted the movements of two Moebius units.

A gap opened in the encirclement. The ZAFT MS pilot seized the opportunity and piloted his Ginn toward one of the Moebius units.

He blew it up with the Heavy Assault Machine Gun.

"Thanks!"

Looking at Felix's White Ginn, he voiced his gratitude over the comms.

Inside the White Ginn's cockpit

Felix heard the thanks over the comms and replied in an even tone.

"No problem!"

As he spoke, he piloted the Ginn to dodge the incoming attacks.

The Heavy Assault Machine Gun in his hands opened fire.

The Moebius dodged the bullets.

Another Moebius on the other side opened fire on Felix again.

Felix piloted the White Ginn in evasive maneuvers.

After dodging the attack, he returned fire with the Heavy Assault Machine Gun.

The Moebius pilot maneuvered to evade.

Just then, a Moebius moved behind the Ginn, preparing to fire on the White Ginn.

But as soon as it maneuvered into position behind him, Felix had already detected it on radar. Before it could fire, he turned his arm toward the rear and squeezed the trigger.

The Heavy Assault Machine Gun fired first!

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