"High King, move!"
A Knight Errant mech rushed to Richard's side and slammed him aside. Richard's Dominus-class Knight had barely staggered back two steps when a massive Earthshaker shell landed precisely on the Knight Errant mech.
"Boom—" The earth-shattering explosion rang out once more. The ten-meter-tall Knight Errant mech was destroyed outright by the terrifying blast of the Earthshaker shell.
The blast wave sent the Dominus-class Knight, now without the protection of its plasma shield, flying through the air before it crashed heavily to the ground.
If that Knight Errant mech had not come to Richard's rescue just then, the Earthshaker shell would have struck him directly.
Without its plasma shield, even a Dominus-class Knight would be as easily destroyed as a Knight Errant mech when facing an Earthshaker shell.
"High King!"
Amid startled cries, two more Knight Errant mechs rushed over like lightning. With swift, precise movements, they worked together to slowly pull the fallen Dominus-class Knight back to its feet.
"Retreat!" Richard, having just been helped up, did not hesitate in the slightest. Sitting in the cockpit, his face grim, he roared at the others.
Before his words had even faded, he turned his Dominus-class Knight around and sped away like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Clearly, after losing the vital protection of its plasma shield, Richard knew that continuing the battle would pose an enormous risk.
For him, the most urgent matter was ensuring the safety of the family's assets. After all, these were precious fortunes accumulated by the family over generations.
As for how to break through the heretics' defensive positions, that would have to be left to the Adeptus Mechanicus and the senior officers of the naval fleet to rack their brains over after they returned.
"Thud, thud, thud..."
Following Richard's decisive retreat, the