Gundam EXARE

Cold sweat kept dripping down Rei's face. If someone were watching, his movements at this moment would definitely not be considered good-looking. His limbs sometimes coordinated and sometimes made different movements at the same time as if they had their own will.

This maneuver allowed the Golden Heretic to quickly shuttle between the intersecting beams of light and live ammunition, putting him in danger every time he encountered a crisis.

But the distance was close enough, and now Xigu, who was cooperating with the Holy Shield's attack, put away his gun and swung his heavy sword at the Golden Heretic.

"Successful."

It was also at this moment that an inexplicable feeling arose in Cruze's heart.

Rei didn't think anything as the Golden Heretic's left hand drew out the beam saber for the second time. This was not a feint.

The sword and the knife collided, and half a second later, Xigu passed by the Golden Heretic with a part of his head melted away.

"Just now"

Cruze looked at the heavy sword that only had a part left in Xigu's left hand. Half a second ago, the golden heretic drew out his saber to block, but that was not actually defense, but attack.

The heavy sword was no match for the beam saber, and the kinetic energy of Xigu's charge caused the heavy sword to cut itself off during contact with the beam saber.

Thanks to Cruze's quick reaction, Xigu only had half of his head destroyed, otherwise he would have been killed by the enemy's knife.

"Can you still fight back after all this?"

Just as Cruze was about to check on the Golden Heretic, he sensed someone he was very familiar with:

"Mu La Folada, it's your turn to pilot that machine this time."

"Kruze!"

The emerald green beam that shot out had a power that could not be matched by the beam rifle. It came from the Strike and Archangel, who had been entangled with the Duel Thunder all the way.

PS: The opening plot already feels fragmented.

PS: Why is Rei born in 00 this time? To pave the way for the future plot.

PS: Don’t you think the cover is very tricky? It looks like the two lines of text on the left and right of an AV cover.

Chapter 6: Strategy

Duel and Thunder rushed back and cooperated with Holy Shield and Xigu to form a two-pronged attack.

But if the Archangel and the Assault followed closely behind, the battle situation would change again, and this made Cruze feel a little uneasy.

Did I calculate one step more or less than the other commander?

Cruze mistook Rey, a complete stranger to him, as the commander of the Archangel and took him seriously. After all, Rey really forced out his subsequent plans.

If it weren't for the violent long-range sniping, the Archangel's bridge would have been blown to pieces and Miguel would not have been shot down.

In fact, for Cruze, this is nothing more than the difference between a big fish and a small fish. If the Archangel and the Assault escape directly, they can capture the Golden Heretic, and then the Archangel's combat power will be weakened, and they can take it down in the next battle.

The current situation looks like the Archangel and the Assault have fallen into the trap in order to support the Golden Heretic. Is this simply because of the touching comradeship?

Just as Cruze thought, Rey's tactics had a premise—the Archangel would not abandon him.

After all, he is from Orb and drives Orb's MS. The two sides just exchanged names.

In this situation, it is not impossible for the Archangel to leave behind the Golden Heretic who attracted the enemy's attention and evacuate, but the Archangel still came.

Also arriving were Duel and Thunder, who rushed towards the isolated Golden Heretic.

Isaac, who was driving the Duel, saw the battle situation at the first sight. Storm's right hand and weapons were destroyed, Jin couldn't even find any fragments, and Xigu's head was melted into a strange shape.

What was going on? Wasn't this an easy task? How could a mere natural person have the upper hand?

"I'm going to shoot you down!"

Yzak uttered angry words, and the duel also demonstrated the master's will, and the beam rifle fired continuously.

The isolated Golden Heretic is now being attacked from three sides by Holy Shield, Thunderbolt, and Duel. Xigu will also pounce after a slight adjustment.

Mu, who was driving a Strike Force for the first time, was not yet familiar with the MS, and the crosshairs in his sight could not be aligned completely.

"Damn it!"

The assault's beam rifle fired continuously but only landed in the air.

A head-on duel, a duel with the Holy Shield approaching from the side, Aslan and Nicol cooperated with Isaac to attack the Golden Heretic, and the three rifles suddenly increased the pressure on Rey.

In order to avoid it, the Golden Heretic had to keep moving, and the more he moved, the further away he was from the Archangel.

The warning in Rei's ears never stopped. Was this warning making him nervous?

A strange thought came to Rei's mind, but now there was no way to retreat, he had no choice but to fight.

"bring it on!"

The golden heretic's movements changed. It turned in an arc and rushed towards the duel as if committing suicide.

Such an action would inevitably come at a price. The beam of light landed on the golden heretic's right shoulder, easily piercing through the shoulder armor and causing a brilliant explosion.

But before Isaac could say that he was hit, a warning sound of being locked sounded in his ears.

"what?!"

Isaac's nerves were on edge, and he was about to press on to win the duel, but suddenly he braked and became alert.

The first to rush out from the flames was the Flame God with the power of a naval gun. Even in a duel, it was impossible to withstand the power of the Flame God. With his nerves stretched to the limit, Isaac quickly piloted his machine to evade.

But he was deceived, and the somewhat stiff movements of the duel were clearly exposed to the enemy's view.

"this---"

What Isaac saw was the Flame God, which was not being used at all. It was pushed out by the Golden Heretic a second before his right arm was hit.

At this moment, the golden heretic who had just rushed out drew out his saber and swung it in a bright trajectory.

“Hmm—”

Yzak's words ended there, and the two mobile suits exploded with sparks and flashes the moment their figures overlapped.

The situation on the battlefield was reversed in an instant. The duel drifted out by inertia without any posture control, but Isaac's painful screams were heard in the team's common channel.

A deep scar was cut open in the duel cockpit, where the Golden Heretic's broken right arm was left.

The Golden Heretic's fierce counterattack opened up the situation. It tore open a path and grabbed the Flame God with its remaining left hand and rushed towards the Archangel.

Not finished yet.

Ray finally had time to connect to the communication between the Archangel and the Strike. Without waiting for the other party to speak, he subconsciously gave orders:

"The Archangel will launch a counter-beam bomb immediately. The enemy will attack. Then, Mu, you will fight back."

The Golden Heretic returned the Flame God to the assault near the Archangel. The momentum he had been holding back in his mind dissipated a lot after he escaped from danger, turning into fatigue after consumption.

According to Rey's speculation, ZAFT's long-lost ship must be trying to find a way to enter from a good position. The fight is not over yet, and if the Archangel wants to escape, it cannot achieve only this kind of results.

As for the war intelligence, Ray knew not only the armament of the five Gs, but also that the performance and armament of the Archangel were superior to those of ZAFT's warships in all aspects.

At this time, the anti-beam bomb fired by the Archangel exploded near the hull, forming a special cloud in which the Archangel hid and turned.

A few seconds later, the naval guns fired from afar first hit the layer of clouds, causing them to deflect and weaken their power, and then hit the Archangel's layered armor that was specially designed to defend against light beams.

This is the advantage of intelligence. The enemy ships did not know that the Archangel had defenses against beam weapons. They took great pains to find a blind spot to launch a surprise attack, but in turn exposed their own position.

"Mu!"

Rei called out the names of his comrades, and Mu did not betray the responsibilities he shouldered.

"I know!"

The assault did not need to conserve energy; it pulled the trigger of the Flame God, and this weapon, originally intended for long-range bombardment, exerted its full performance.

The red and white beams of light traveled far away, across the distance, dispelling the darkness of the universe and then setting off a brighter flash of light.

One of the two ZAFT warships involved in the mission, the Loracea-class, was pierced and hit.

At the same time, the Archangel also completed its turn, carrying the two MSs that were stationed on the hull away.

The assault did not fire a second shot in that direction. Not to mention that the enemy would definitely evade after the first bombardment, if all of the enemy's motherships could be sunk here, it would force the enemy to fight to the death. Anyway, there would be no mothership to return to.

The Archangel was going away, and Cruze said one word:

"Be careful not to use the wrong weapon."

He knew that he was slightly inferior in this confrontation. He did not expect that the enemy ship could withstand the direct hit of the naval guns. He also did not expect that there was such a skilled pilot in the enemy army. Could he also be an adjuster?

In short, it's not Mu. Cruze and Mu have fought many times. He admits that the other party has some clever ideas, but that's all.

However, there was no point in speculating here without any information, so Cruze connected the communication and gave the order:

"retreat."

Thunder brought Storm, Shield brought Duel, and two of the four new Gs were injured by a MS that was not in the intelligence.

Baofeng only lost his weapon and one hand, but the duel was fatal. The cockpit was damaged, and no one knew how seriously Isaac was injured.

Aslan in the Holy Shield frowned, and an emotion was brewing in his heart.

Then this emotion was ignited by a sentence:

"I never thought that natural people could not only create such a mobile suit but also use it to this extent. If they put these G into mass production..."

Cruze said this, and his words really worked.

Aslan subconsciously gripped the joystick tightly, this was a war that had to be won.

PLANT's agricultural satellite Junius 7 was destroyed by the Earth Federation using a nuclear bomb. The Federation's goal was to cut off PLANT's food supply and force PLANT to surrender.

However, this attack was a complete massacre. The Alliance had no intention of capturing Junius 7, it only sought destruction.

24 residents of Junius 7 were killed in the nuclear attack. Doesn't the United Nations have any humanity at all?

No, if I had, I wouldn't do this.

What will this inhumane coalition do after developing such a mobile suit? Destroy all the PLANTs?

The fear of loss rose from Aslan's heart, and he remained silent.

As for Cruze, he just felt with a bad taste that Aslan and Nicol were too naive and weak, and that they should also fight and kill with anger, because that was the ultimate goal that people desired anyway.

Anyone could tell at a glance that the battered golden heretic had been through a tough battle. Even without mentioning the lost right arm, one could still see the various injuries and bullet holes on its body.

The cockpit opened and Rei felt a little cooler. Not only his forehead and neck, but also his back was soaked.

"Tired."

Rei tugged at his collar. This was his first time piloting a MS to fight in space, and it was also the reason why he was sure that all this was not a dream.

The operation was successful, they dealt a severe blow to the enemy, and ZAFT should not be able to catch up for the time being.

"It's really weird."

Rei sighed with a wry smile, because he was not a member of the Earth Army at all, and this Golden Heretic was not an Earth Army machine.

To put it bluntly, he fought because the Earth Army would never let him go. If he didn't leave with the Archangel, he might be kidnapped to ZAFT next.

Going to PLANT? The fighting over there seems to be going crazy.

Go to the Earth Union? Wasn't it them who caused the tragedy of Bloody Valentine and drove the plants crazy?

Should we just stay in the factory and leave everything to fate? If we were lucky, we'd just wait for Orb to rescue us, but if we were unlucky, the colony might actually be destroyed.

"And then I'll go vacuum drifting by myself?"

Stop talking nonsense.

"I still don't understand anything, how can I die like this?"

Rei took a deep breath and left the cockpit. He could only take things one step at a time.

As he descended on the halyard, he immediately saw Mu, who had already left the assault. The other raised his hand and greeted him:

"Thank you for your hard work. You're amazing! It doesn't even look like your first time piloting a mobile suit."

"Is this a compliment or a question?"

"Both."