Eternal Covenant

Beep, beep, beep—

[Approaching battleship heat signatures detected. Signal identification: Nazca-class battleships. Quantity: three!]

[MS heat signatures detected. Quantity: twenty-five. Signal identification: Zaku Phantoms, Fire Tigers... ZGMF-X3000Q Destiny Zaku and Prototype Destiny Gundam!?]

Daguza stared at the MS identification signals appearing on the screen and froze for a moment.

"Durandal is really giving us quite the reception."

Noer also spotted the ZAFT reinforcements racing in from the distance.

Those massive warships and the MS at their head made it obvious that Durandal truly intended to make Lacus and the Eternal disappear here for good.

Fortunately, Durandal still had some sense of shame and had not lured over Earth's main forces. Otherwise, even Noer could not claim he would survive an assault by two Destinies, one Legend, several Destiny Zakus, and Prototype Destinies.

Newtypes were still human, not gods.

"That unit?"

Inside the Destiny Zaku cockpit, Lina Serra Miyors stared at the identification signal detected by the radar and blinked in surprise.

ZGMF-X12A... wasn't that Captain Noer's personal machine? Why was it here?

"Looking to die!"

Courtney Hieronymus's gaze turned cold as he looked at the counterfeit Red Reaper.

Piloting the Prototype Destiny, he charged straight ahead.

His relationship with Noer was not particularly good, and they had not worked together for very long. At most, they had been superior and subordinate.

Yet he still held the proper respect for Noer as a person.

Now, seeing some unknown bastard piloting Noer's personal machine and slaughtering allied troops here, anger rose within him.

The swarming MS force also launched its attack.

Behind the Prototype Destiny Gundam, beams streaked past both sides of the unit and flew toward the Eternal.

At that moment, the Prototype Destiny Gundam left an afterimage as it arrived before the Sword-equipped St. Covenant.

Bang—