For a single instance, the entire battlefield seemed to still.
“Fire.” Taon instructed.
Then, a bright flash exploded from the Larkinson fleet and surged towards the Titania within an instant!
In fact, the gauss cannons of the Transcendent Punishers fired a fraction sooner than the positron cannons. This allowed the physical projectiles to gain a head start so that they would strike the target at the same time the positron beams also landed.
The effect was amazing. The extreme burst of damage inflicted on a position that was a bit to the rear of the body of the Titania quickly overwhelmed the local defenses!
Not only was the aim of all of the Transcendent Punishers so exquisitely precise, but their damage output all arrived in just the right timing to drill a deep hole in the great beast’s side!
The Ylvainan mech pilots all pulled out of the battle network as their minds all grew weary. Though they were still able to make sure their Transcendent Punishers kept firing at a large and stationary target like the Titania, they were unable to do anything intensive for the time being!
Commander Taon looked towards the Swordmaidens, who had already gone ahead of the rest.
“It’s your turn now.”
The Swordmaidens exclusively piloted melee mechs, but that did not stop the brave and battle.hardened elites from closing in on the astral beast!
Once they received their orders, they accelerated their mechs forward but made sure to avoid intersecting with the flesh torpedoes.
While it was definitely useful to destroy the offspring of the Titania, it was better to cut them all off at the source!
Lust like the Eye of Ylvaine’s battle network, the Swordmaiden battle network began by aligning the minds of the Swordsmaiden mech pilots togethers.
The difference here was that the nexus of the battle network was not a design spirit. Instead, Venerable Dise took over that role! Ever since Ves had implanted her with her own companion spirit, Respa had been quietly growing in her mind.
Though Respa was not as strong and flexible as Sharpie, it excelled at one specific job.
Facilitating a battle formation.
With Respa’s existence, Venerable Dise did not have to do a lot to support the battle network. She only needed to condense the minds of every Swordmaiden and use that to fuel her next resonance.empowered attack.
“Come on, you big beast!” She taunted at the Titania even as the Swordmaiden battle formation closed in on her recently.damaged side. “Hunting beasts is my pastime. After this battle, you will become the greatest prey in my hunting record!”
The thought of slaying such a huge and powerful beast aroused her savage desires. She imagined that she was back in one of the hunts that she used to do as a hobby.
It had been so long ago that she had been so carefree. The Decapitator held by her expert mech hummed as if it yearned to spill the Titania’s grayish blood!
As much as Venerable Dise wanted to stay true to the Decapitator’s name, she knew it was unrealistic to behead the gigantic astral beast. She couldn’t even identify its head!
“It doesn’t matter. The Ylvainans have already pointed out the way!”
She prepared one of her own sword techniques. It was a lot different to do so when she was connected with so many fellow Swordmaiden mech pilots.
As their mechs rapidly closed in on the Titania’s massive body, the illusionary greatsword hovering above the Swordmaiden battle formation glowed before launched forward in a powerful thrust!
The tip of the giant energy manifestation sank straight through the Titania’s already injured wound.
This time, the sword sank deep! The enormous blade made out of unknown energy continued to part through hard and tough alien flesh until the crossguard almost collided against the Titania’s surface!
“Wow!”
“That sword went deeper than any of our attacks!”
Even as everyone admired the handiwork of Venerable Dise and the Swordmaidens, the Penitent Sisters and the Glory Seekers were almost ready to unleash the coup de grace.
Two different formations approached the Titania at the same time! Even though they moved separately, they all consisted of Valkyrie mechs!
“The Superior Mother shall purge the wicked!”
What was even more remarkable about the two formations was that each of them were led by different expert mechs!
The Everchanger led the Penitent Sisters while the Star Dancer Mark II led the Glory Seekers!
Both expert mechs would be showing off what they could do as part of their respective battle formations for the first time since they were created!