Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 321 - 307: Close to the Face (Five in One)_5

Chapter 321: Chapter 307: Close to the Face (Five in One)_5

Su Ming followed Mia’s introduction, closely examining the Third Legion’s accompanying mecha.

Second Generation Mecha·Grey Falcon looked very similar to the Iron Guard Mecha, except the Jet Wings on its back were one size larger than the Iron Guard’s, and it wielded dual Alloy Blades.

Third Generation Mecha·Eagle Falcon, standing at eighteen meters tall, its entire body sheathed in black metallic armor, with two Beam Cannons embedded in its shoulders, and a pair of wing-shaped mechanical Jet Wings on its back, its weapon of choice a Spiral Long Spear.

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At this moment, the surrounding starry sky was filled with a vast fleet, these ships bearing different flags.

Among them, the most striking were the Kviten Kingdom’s level 5 Battleship·Twin Lions and the Actons Kingdom’s level 5 Battleship·Cangye. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Instantly, the many students at the scene boiled over with excitement.

"They’ve been surrounded!"

"The Imperial Army’s really been encircled like dumplings, they are definitely doomed this time."

...

At that time, teachers from various classes began to explain to the students.

"Nothing is absolute, even though the situation for the Imperial Army seems dire from the overall perspective, being surrounded, it still depends on whether the United Army can swallow them up."

"Mm-hm!"

Many students responded in kind.

Meanwhile, Rhein and others excitedly asked Mia.

"Teacher, the United Army has three level 5 Battleships, and among the surrounding fleet, there seem to be quite a few Fourth Generation Mecha·Shadow Slayers, and their troop numbers are ten times that of the Imperial Army. They have a chance to win this battle, right?"

"That’s tough, I’m not too optimistic about the United Army."

Mia slightly shook her head.

"What? Not optimistic? How strong must the Imperial Army’s troops be?"

Rhein and others swallowed hard.

At this point, the Imperial Army’s troops entering the battlefield began to split their forces.

One force followed the level 5 Battleship·Akank toward the left wing of the battlefield, another force followed the level 5 Battleship·Blood Shadow toward the right wing.

"The Imperial Army’s started to divide their forces, this is going for an all-out hard fight!"

"Why do I have the feeling that something’s off with this war?"

"Yeah, the United Army is using the most classic tactics while the Imperial Army doesn’t seem to have any tactics at all; it just feels like they’re going for brute force, pure brute force! Could it be that their Legion Commander is one of those simple-minded, all-brawn types?"

...

Many students from the command majors discussed, puzzled.

Just then, the level 5 Battlecruiser·Fire Fang’s main cannon finished charging and launched an attack on the Blood Ridge Fortress first.

A dazzling beam tore through the starry sky, striking the Blood Ridge Fortress.

At this point, the other ships began to launch their attacks.

Shadow Slayer Mecha led a host of mecha formations, swarming forward like locusts.

Blood Ridge Fortress opened up countless launch tubes, pouring out missiles in a frenzy.

One after another, Imperial Soldiers bravely met enemies ten times their number, piloting their mecha without fear.

"The battle’s begun!"

Everyone shouted excitedly.

But the next second, the virtual starry sky imagery that had been displayed suddenly froze.

"What’s happening?"

Everyone was startled, the transmission cut off at a critical moment.

Vice Principal Fleck then spoke somberly.

"Everybody, please be patient, it must be that the personnel filming on-site have sensed danger and temporarily ceased filming. Let’s wait patiently for the new images to come back."

"Ah."

Everyone sighed.

They had finally waited for the two sides to start battling, only for the feed to freeze as soon as the action kicked up.

However, no one complained, as they knew the camera crew risked their lives to film on the battlefield.

Su Ming took out his phone and logged into the Star Cluster Forum to see if there were any relevant posts.

He found just a single related newsflash on the forum.

"The Third Legion and the Thirteenth Legion of the Dark Star Empire have engaged the United Army’s encirclement. A full-scale battle has erupted, details unknown, awaiting further updates."

This post had no pictures nor videos, but the number of clicks had already surpassed one billion, with comments reaching five million.

Su Ming glanced over it and then closed the Star Cluster Forum, realizing that Imperial Court Academy had more advanced information.

Everyone waited quietly, and about forty minutes later, cafeteria workers began to enter, pushing carts and distributing boxed meals to the students.

Vice Principal Fleck addressed everyone.

"Everyone, have something to eat, fill your stomachs for a bit. We don’t know when the new imagery will be transmitted back."

"Okay!"

Everyone took their boxed meals and began to eat.

As they ate, the frozen virtual imagery suddenly changed, switching to the right wing of the starry sky.

The entire starry sky was now a chaotic battlefield, mecha fighting everywhere.

You could see a few Iron Guard Mecha ganging up on a Grey Falcon, but the surrounded Grey Falcon Mecha didn’t falter, dodging the attacks whilst looking for opportunities to strike back, trading blows, and every once in while, an Iron Guard Mecha failed to dodge in time and was blown apart by the Grey Falcon’s attacks.

"Ay, look at this fighting! Three Iron Guards against one Grey Falcon and they actually managed to lose one!"

"No, why are they so bad at this?"

"Don’t chicken out, your teammates have already charged in!"

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One after another, Mecha Department students’ blood pressure soared as they watched.

However, fortunately, numbers still had an advantage, and the Imperial Army’s mecha troops also suffered continual casualties.

At this time, the level 5 Battleship·Blood Shadow engaged with the Kviten Kingdom’s level 5 Battleship·Twin Lions.

The ships locked onto each other, and their main cannons almost simultaneously completed charging.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Twin Lions launched a beam at Blood Shadow. While Blood Shadow fired a dazzling beam back at Twin Lions, it also executed a significant evasive maneuver.