CH 280

Wicked Star Vs the New 4 Heavenly 1

Since the mass driver was designed to launch containers and ships, the dome that houses the facility itself is extremely large. The ceiling is very tall and the place is wide enough for strikers to move around uninhibited.

“As expected……this is going to be troublesome after all!”

Schleer grumbled as she fired off her heavy machine gun. The [Geist Fechter] on the other hand swiftly sews through her line of fire and continues to approach her. Despite its ridiculously oversized guillotine blade, it’s as nimble as any lightweight Zenith would.

“Don’t worry about them! As long as we can take down that mass driver then it’s our victory!”

“I know that already! Still………”

The mass driver was built with the same materials they built warships with. Even with [Mistilteinn]’s firepower, it’s not something that can be destroyed with a couple of shots.

Moreover, since the clones are bearing down on them, they can’t focus and shoot at the mass driver itself. Schleer stepped back a little and fired her shoulder-mounted cannon but the green beam simply dispersed after it scratched the surface of the mass driver.

“Argh, who ordered them to build it this strong!!!”

In their situation, it would be impossible to find an opening to focus on destroying the mass driver mid-fight. That’s why she focused on defeating the foe in front of her for the time being.

“But I still can’t see the Empress around. That woman, just where is she hiding……..”

Valentina pondered for a moment before her thought was interrupted by the [Geist Artillerie]’s bombardment. It seems that it reduced the firepower since they are within a confined space but the [Geist Artillerie]’s still packed enough power to kill her instantly with a direct hit.

Valentina kicked the road and jumped to escape the spine-chilling bombardment. After a brief moment, the beam landed and completely scooped out the reinforced concrete, and the scattered shards were hurled at the [Colebrand]’s armor.

“My Love! Let’s take that thing down together. Prolonging this fight will not be good for us!”

Originally, the plan is to have the old 4 Heavenly deal with the clone soldiers. However, no matter how big the place is, this dome is still a confined space. They can’t move around as they did in an open field. At this rate, one of them might not be able to avoid a direct hit.

“Got it!”

Even Kisei finds the clones to be difficult foes. Their thin presences remain consistent even after the battle began in earnest. Since it is difficult to detect them, he can’t predict his enemies’ movement as well as he usually can. That’s why he’s willing to do anything, even ganging up on his enemy, to reduce their number.

“Diaroze, I’ve heard about the Fechter and Artillerie but…..what about those guys?”

The striker Kisei is facing has tonfas in both of its hands. There’s also another striker dual-wielding 8-barrels organ cannons. Both are colored Black&white and seem to belong to the same Geist series as the Fechter and Artillerie with auxiliary claws on their shoulders.

“The tonfa one is [Geist Kampfer] and the one with the organ cannons is…..I think it’s [Geist Jaeger]? That thing is supposed to be the [Geist Artillerie]’s close-range weapon though……..”

They must be the new [Heavenly Eye] and [Heavenly Roar] respectively. The [Heavenly Eye] probably had to switch to close-quarter combat because it can not use sniper equipment in a confined space like this. So that’s probably not its main weapon huh?

“Well, but I have to warn you. They are not opponents that Master can easily defeat alone you know!”

After all, these new 4 Heavenly had overwhelmed the old 4 Heavenly before with just 2 of them. Even if Schleer and Valentina’s ability as a pilot could be categorized as ace-class, no, you can even call them first-rate aces, but they are not super-first-rate aces. Against such opponents, who knows how long they can hold their own. Moreover, there’s no doubt that the two will burden Kisei in this fight.

“Of course!”

Shouting in reply, Kisei pointed the muzzle of his mega blaster rifle at [Geist Kampfer] that’s closing in on them. He pulled the trigger and an extra thick beam was fired at the aggressor.

“……….!”

The [Geist Kampfer] casually dodged the beam. Kisei immediately fired a follow-up shot but the [Geist Jaeger] rained down 50mm shells on him with its organ cannons. With a total of 16 barrels, a bombardment from them is more than enough to turn a heavily armored striker into scraps in an instant.

“Ugh…..!”

With such a wide area of bombardment, it’s hard to dodge all of the shells. Kisei managed to fire his thruster and escaped from the shower of shells but the [Geist Kampfer] immediately jumped out and followed him.

“Exterminate.”

Kisei managed to catch the tonfa with his photon saber he pulled out with his left hand but at the same time, the auxiliary claws on the Kampfer’s shoulders began to attack the [Ex-Caliburn].

“4 arms huh! …….Interesting!”

But Kisei is not someone who can be defeated so easily. By using the [Ex-Calburn]’s body to deflect the blow, he managed to escape the claws. The tip of the claws scraped against the chest armor, making a loud screeching noise.

“My Love!”

There, the [Colebrand] charged in with its lance. The [Geist Kampfer] took a casual step to avoid the charge but thanks to that Kisei was given an opportunity to retreat.

“Thanks!”

With the auxiliary claws, dealing with it at close range became twice as difficult than a normal striker. He wants to keep his distance but……

“Closing in.”

Supported by the shower of shells from the organ cannons, the [Geist Kampfer] rushed at him again with a bullet-like speed. It would be difficult to keep his distance when his opponent has such acceleration power. Judging so, a fierce smile floated on Kisei’s face.

“So what! I’m taking you down…….!”