"Stop getting in my way, you bastard!"
Athrun Zala's expression was grave as water.
He calmly maneuvered the Justice Gundam slightly downward to evade the dense incoming barrage. At the same time, he flicked a switch on the secondary console, detaching the "Fatum-00" backpack from its back.
The unmanned craft, shaped like a massive boomerang, charged fearlessly into the Raider Gundam's hail of bullets like a falcon with a mind and life of its own.
The two Beam Cannons mounted on it fired back continuously. Taking advantage of the brief firing window created by the backpack, Athrun raised the High-Energy Beam Rifle in his hand and coolly took deadly aimed shots at the rapidly moving Raider Gundam itself.
Clotho Buer let out an extremely impatient roar.
He frantically controlled the Raider Gundam in MA form, performing a nimble barrel roll through the air. Like a swimming fish, it evaded the interception fire from the unmanned backpack while also shaking off the Justice Gundam's beam sniping.
However, at the very instant Athrun's full attention was drawn to the Raider Gundam's frenzied advance, a huge, ominous shadow appeared silently behind him, like the Grim Reaper rising from hell.
It was the Forbidden Gundam, wielding a gigantic scythe!
"Athrun!" Jiliang, in the distance, noticed the fatal threat immediately and cried out in alarm.
"Wha— You bastard!?"
Athrun's combat instincts sent a blood-freezing chill down his spine.
He abruptly tried to turn the machine around and evade, but it was already too late.
Ahead of him, the Raider Gundam kept up its suppressive fire, sealing off his movements. Behind him stood the Forbidden Gundam, its reaper's blade raised high. Below him, the Calamity Gundam, which had just found a firing position again, had its cannon muzzle flashing once more with the dangerous glow of