Battle Begins 8

And the question about mobile suits that had long plagued Jiliang and Xia Ya—the most real and cruel answer—had just now taken the form of three oppressive new machines speeding through the sky, revealing itself before Jiliang without the slightest attempt at concealment!

Raider! Forbidden! Calamity Gundam! These three killing machines, which should have existed only in top-secret files, had now appeared fully and unmistakably upon the battlefield beneath Orb's blood-red sky, like messengers from hell!

Their very existence was the most direct and brutal proof that the Extended experiments had succeeded! It not only meant that the Earth Forces' strength had been drastically renewed, but also that this war would be far crueler than anyone had anticipated. Jiliang's heart grew heavy.

Above Orb, artillery fire and smoke had already distorted the morning glow, staining the azure heavens with an ominous crimson.

Within this hellscape, the three new machines cloaked in the shadow of death—Forbidden, Calamity Gundam, and Raider—swept through the air like ancient demon gods awakened from slumber, bearing an overwhelming aura as they charged straight for the Archangel.

They showed not the slightest hesitation or wasted movement. Their objective was clear: the vital point of that white, whale-like warship!

The first to attack was the blue-green Calamity Gundam, whose somewhat bulky frame nevertheless radiated menace.

The massive cannon turret mounted on its back adjusted its angle as the machine flew at high speed, and a dazzling light flared from its muzzle!

The instant that light reached its peak, a deafening BOOM capable of tearing apart the air rang out. A colossal beam of intensely pure energy burst from the barrel with irresistible force, like death itself fixing its gaze upon its prey, hurtling toward the Archangel's vulnerable bridge like a fatal judgment!

Inside the Archangel's bridge, the already