Bang! Bang!
Two shells screamed out. But under Sven's bizarre, frenzied serpentine maneuvers, neither hit; they merely grazed the black machine's shoulder armor, scattering a useless spray of sparks.
Before Forbidden Gundam's Railgun could reload and fire again, Sven had already lunged before it like a phantom.
A flicker of despair crossed Shani's eyes. He instinctively deployed the sole remaining piece of Energy Deflection Armor on his right side, hoping to block this fatal slash at the very least. But on Forbidden Gundam's left side, where Nicol had precisely destroyed the armor connection point with his sniper shot, there was now nothing protecting it from Sven.
There was no point in doing that.
Sven decisively hit the release switch and discarded the completely ruined, still-burning shield on his left arm.
With its free left hand, Black Strike Gundam shot forward and clamped tightly onto the edge of Forbidden Gundam's right-side defensive armor, fixing the enemy unit in place like iron pincers and leaving it unable to move an inch.
Take your madness to hell with you. Sven coldly declared in his heart.
Black Strike Gundam's right hand swung its Beam Saber.
Sizzle—!
The superheated plasma blade sliced into Forbidden Gundam's exposed left torso without resistance, like a red-hot knife through butter.
Sven twisted his wrist and swept the Beam Saber sideways, cleanly severing Forbidden Gundam's arms as they tried to knock him away, along with its heavy chest armor!
The shriek of tearing metal echoed through the communications channel. Forbidden Gundam's arms drifted helplessly through space.
Then Sven gave Shani no chance to catch his breath. Black Strike Gundam extended its right hand and thrust the Beam Saber straight ahead.
Thrust.
The pink beam blade pierced Forbidden Gundam's cockpit with perfect precision.
Shani Andras's pale, cold face vaporized in an