Colonel Jiang's words were blunt, as unpredictable as his peculiar personality.
Councilor Lu Lie, with his hawkish nose, pondered for a moment before slowly shaking his head.
"According to the information we purchased, the princess only has that loyal chief guard, Daisen Dazhi, by her side. When he pilots the Ripper, it is the strongest mecha in our Bapang Principality. But... other than him, I truly cannot think of anyone who could pilot that ship... Colonel Jiang, do you think that ship's maneuver just now was a coincidence born of panic?"
His final question carried a probing note.
Colonel Jiang's expression turned slightly strange as he pointed at the light screen.
"Pay attention to the other side's rear engines during the second attack below."
On the light screen, after the Moon Whisper dodged the previous round of attacks in a posture that nearly resembled a crash, the second round quickly followed. Colonel Jiang had not stopped his assault because of that.
This time, he used the Empire Edge Vanguard Army's signature cross-pattern barrage.
It was an advanced fleet attack strategy developed specifically for smaller fleets, capable of increasing hit rates severalfold.
Using data formulas accumulated by the Empire Edge Vanguard Army over a century, a massive cross-shaped attack pattern was calculated from the previous coordinate and the current one, once again sealing off the three-dimensional space around the Moon Whisper. This time, the area was even larger.
Three intersecting cross-shaped arrays of light descended through space one after another.
Councilor Lu Lie could not help holding his breath as he stared intently at the Moon Whisper's engines ahead of the three successive sheets of light rain.
Nine engine groups formed a trapezoidal arrangement at the rear.
Two groups at the top, three in the middle, and four at the bottom.