Communications from Lacus

"This—"

"Why?"

"..."

The smoke dissipated alongside the flames, leaving the Gundam Astray Red Frame and the Archangel completely unscathed.

But that was not the important part.

What mattered was the actions of the Prototype Destiny Gundam, the Savior Gundam, and the Freedom Gundam.

"Noer, Athrun—"

Talia could not help frowning as she watched the two of them suddenly make their move.

Something was wrong.

Arthur and the others also stared at the two allied ace units in stunned disbelief.

Lacus's gaze flickered as she looked at the mobile suits on the screen.

Whoosh—

Boom—

Before anyone could recover from what had just happened—

An explosion suddenly erupted beneath the Archangel.

Before anyone could attack, the Abyss Gundam struck once, then immediately turned and plunged back into the sea.

Piercing alarms rang out aboard both the Minerva and the Archangel.

Two warships slowly emerged in midair.

[Evade! Turn starboard thirty degrees!]

Captain Marlu cried out in terror.

The Archangel listed to one side.

The two warships fired their beam cannons at the same time.

Several mobile suits detached from the two Gadi-Lu Warships and flew toward the Archangel and the Minerva.

The Chaos Gundam, two Blizzard Destinys, the Destiny Gundam, the Prototype Savior Gundam, the Courage Gundam, the Abyss Gundam...

The Orb fleet's barrage seemed to be a signal. The Earth Alliance military at the rear also launched a full-scale assault.

Large formations of Windams and Short Sword Ls took off in succession, swarming toward the Minerva on the sea like locusts.

In Orb's direction, Colonel Lugo no longer had any excuse to prevent the MS forces from deploying.

Orb's main force took off alongside the Earth Alliance's troops.

The actions of the Prototype Destiny Gundam and the Savior Gundam left Shin Asuka utterly stunned, and it took him quite