A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 854 - 597 - Enemies Everywhere_2

"Well, to be honest, this is quite difficult."

"But... The battle suits these two are wearing are really...

Looking at the driving suits the young girls were wearing, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his eye. Both girls were dressed in something akin to one-piece swimsuits that left their healthy, fair, and slender legs completely exposed. Although it was useless to mention it now, Duanmu Huai still wanted to say — What was the point of dressing like this?

Of course, there was definitely a visual treat.

"Then, let me explain further."

The great battle was imminent, and it wasn’t the time for small talk, so Duanmu Huai didn’t waste words and went straight to the point.

"The combat plan is the same as previously discussed, the Tribunal Fleet will directly traverse to the Bird Head Galaxy, located at the star’s orbit, then the Wan Yi battleship will deactivate its defenses and begin the star explosion process. It will take at least five to ten minutes, but it could take longer. Your only task is to prevent those small cosmic monsters from landing on the Wan Yi battleship and causing damage. Also, the star explosion will occur within ten seconds, I will issue a warning thirty seconds in advance, and you must return to the warship within thirty seconds to perform a jump retreat. Therefore, I hope you do not stray far from the fleet. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, everyone nodded seriously. Although for Duanmu Huai’s Tribunal, this level of combat was basically just a warm-up. However, for the pilots of this galaxy, it was considered an unprecedented great battle.

"Then, everyone take your positions and prepare to depart."

After returning to the bridge, Duanmu Huai gazed at the universe before him.

Then, he suddenly asked.

"Do you know how many enemies the Tribunal has?"

"...?"

Facing Duanmu Huai’s baffling question, the girls all wore puzzled expressions.

"I remember it’s... Aliens, Heretics, and Demons?" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Mary, after all, was new, but she had memorized the data quite thoroughly.

"Demons, alien monsters, I remember these are the ones we’ve fought the most," Ann replied after counting on her fingers.

"Humans face countless threats, to put it metaphorically..."

Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand, pointing forward. Truth be told, coming to this world meant something to him that Duanmu Huai still didn’t quite understand. As a Judge, his battles would never end; perhaps there would be an end one day. What would he be doing in ten, twenty, thirty years? Duanmu Huai didn’t know, nor could anyone predict their own future, just like how a college student might realize after graduation that the job they hoped for and the job they end up doing might be completely different.

But that wasn’t important; what mattered was the present.

"All the stars before us are enemies."

The moment his words fell, the world before them began to accelerate, flow, and then... stop.

The next instant, a gigantic star appeared before everyone. Simultaneously, countless cosmic monsters, almost filling the world before them, appeared. Their massive, twisted, disgusting bodies obscured the view, making everyone feel as though they had plunged into a crowded school of fish.

"Begin the attack, start with clearing the field," Duanmu Huai commanded coldly.

There was even no need to lock on targets, for above, below, left, right, front, and back, everywhere were enemies, everywhere were the gigantic bodies of cosmic monsters. Simply firing would inevitably hit a target. The Macro Cannons roared, Light Spears shone, countless flashes and explosions unfolded swiftly on the canvas centered in the universe, illuminating everything around in blinding brilliance.

At the same time, the Wan Yi battleship had already quietly entered the scene. It quickly deactivated its Void Shield, and then a tremendous beam shot straight from the center of the Wan Yi battleship into the burning star ahead.

"——————!!"

At that moment, the cosmic monsters, as if provoked, crazily rushed towards the Wan Yi battleship!

"This is really comfortable."

Sitting in the chair and watching the battle outside the window, Duanmu Huai appeared utterly relaxed. Back when he was dealing with the Reapers, he hadn’t been this leisurely at all; he had to control all the warships on the battlefield himself. But now things were much better, having handed over command to Aikute, Duanmu Huai could finally sit comfortably in his chair and watch the battle.

Honestly, Duanmu Huai didn’t think these cosmic monsters were very strong. It was just that there were relatively many of them, and though they could also shoot beams and even had some bizarre combat moves, these were utterly ineffective against the Tribunal Warships protected by Void Shields.

The VF Fighter Squadron and Jiezi and the others had also engaged with the smaller monsters that ejected from the bodies of the large cosmic creatures. So far, the VF Fighter Squadron seemed better at dealing with group targets, while Jiezi and her team, perhaps due to unexpectedly large numbers of enemies, appeared somewhat overwhelmed.

But fortunately, there was a Sea-Calming Sacred Needle on this side.

That was the Steel Bastar.

"BUSTER———BEAM—————!!!"

With Takano Fuji’s roaring shout, the giant dark robot extended its arms, followed by a burst of purple beam from its forehead sweeping toward the enemies in front. The cosmic monsters shattered and burst like balloons, swiftly clearing a large area in the densely packed battlefield.

"Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

After a successful strike, Steel Bastar suddenly soared upward, then kicked out, the entire mech charging into the mass of monsters!

"Super———Lightning Kick!!!"

Like a storm, Steel Bastar burst into the midst of the enemy forces, causing the cosmic monsters it passed to explode and fracture, resulting in a continuous chain of flashing light explosions.

"Truly worthy of being described as the most ’super’ mech in the Real Series, it is extraordinary indeed."

Watching Steel Bastar easily eliminate thousands of monsters on the field, Duanmu Huai nodded. This was also one of the last faces of mech series players. Honestly, with the strength of Steel Bastar, even Tribunal Warships might struggle to hold it off.

"Mr. Duanmu."

Just then, Mary, who had been recording the battlefield scene beside him, curiously turned her head to look at him.

"Earlier, I always heard you talking about something ’super series,’ ’real series’... What does that mean?"

"To put it simply, the ’real series’ mechas are those that reason with you, while the ’super series’ mechas are those that do not. Moreover, the ’super series’ has one characteristic, the louder they shout, the more powerful they are."

"Ah, so that’s why they shout so loud..."

Throughout the communications channel, the shouts of Takano Fuji and Amano Kazumi nearly echoed through the entire bridge.

"But why do you say it is the most ’super’ of the real series?"

"Because its setting is to reason, you see?"

"......Really?"

Mary looked puzzled at the screen in front of her where Steel Bastar raised its right hand, a beam emitting from its fingertips then instantly splitting and scattering into hundreds of beams, clearing out the surrounding cosmic monsters in a swift sweep.

"......Is this reasoning?"

No matter how Mary looked at it, it didn’t seem reasonable at all. She had seen Jiezi, Amari, and Yaz in their mechas, and frankly, Mary thought Amari’s magical mech seemed to be more reasonable than Steel Bastar.

"Of course, at least its combination is mechanical. You haven’t seen those things that transform and rage solely based on love, justice, and soul... they don’t reason with you at all."

But... Steel Bastar was really thrilling.

Watching Steel Bastar on the screen freely unleashing destruction upon its enemies, Duanmu Huai squinted his eyes.

He couldn’t wait to see what kind of mech he could come up with once he got his hands on a Contraction Furnace.