Felix reined in the murderous intent rising in his eyes. Struggling to contain his emotions, he gave his orders in a steady, composed voice.
"Rescue the personnel and search for the remains of the fallen soldiers. Find as much as you can—even if there's only a tiny fragment left, keep searching."
Seeing how hard Felix was struggling to control himself, Felp raised his hand in salute and replied respectfully.
"Understood!"
At his answer, Felix looked ahead, piloting the Creation as he issued another request.
"Send me the direction the Providence Gundam and the Le Creuset Team fled in!"
"Yes!" Felp nodded, his expression solemn.
Hearing his response, Felix glanced at Felp, then ended the transmission.
Moments later, Felix received the information Felp had sent. He pushed the throttle forward, pressed both pedals down hard, and moved the control sticks to the left.
As the Creation turned left, its rear thrusters increased their output.
The turn complete, the Creation's rear thrusters reached maximum output!
Almost in the blink of an eye, it vanished from the skies above Lorentz Military Base.
Meanwhile, with the Le Creuset Team: "Captain, there are still units tracking us!"
A voice rang out inside the Providence Gundam's cockpit.
Hearing it, Le Creuset's lips curled slightly, his smile cold and bloodthirsty.
"Leave them to me!"
The words were brief and calm.
The Providence Gundam halted its high-speed advance. Its DRAGOON Remote Weapons detached and sped toward the rear.
The ZAFT reconnaissance mobile suits cautiously following them noticed something amiss, but before they could react, the remote weapons struck them.
The pilots vanished into that stretch of sky along with their exploding mobile suits.
"They've all been dealt with!"
He spoke as though it were nothing.
The DRAGOON Remote Weapons returned to their original positions, and the Providence Gundam