The Arcadian fleet was stuck in the middle of the allied forces and they were losing blood. As the generals suggested, they went in for a frontal assault but the result was not something they had expected. The prince could not figure out what happened.
According to him, the plan was flawless. Even if the Neomonians discovered his activities, they should not be able to counter his forces to such an extent. He watched as the warships in his fleet fell, as his people turned to space debris. He roared and said, “Call for immediate support, I want the whole of Arcana to be mobilized.”
The general nodded and immediately send out a distress signal. He was happy that the unruly third prince had not snapped his neck in two. The guy was anything but happy and calm at this moment. This was his chance to save his neck, when the prince had told them to rush out and regroup it was, he who counter-advised.
Thanks to his so-called valor the fleet was being shredded by the enemy. All they could do now was to wait for the aid to come, suddenly the third prince said, “Have the war platoons disperse as they see fit.”
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Shi Lang and Fleet Admiral Stevenson were paying attention to every small movement of the enemy. They were both reported by the officers that the Arcadian fleet was trying to flee and disperse.
Shi Lang was in the communication with Fleet Admiral Stevenson, he said, “Sir, would you like to take action?”
Stevenson said, “They are fleeing, and they must have called for back-up. What do you think we should do?”
The other high-ranking officers were shocked. The admiral said, “You people do not need to ask why I am asking this kid about his advice, he and his team of six had taken down a whole planet. His skills are not to be gauged by the age.”
They were shocked, after all, they could tell from the uniform Shi Lang was wearing that he was an operative of the secret division and they had no knowledge of what he had done prior to their arrival.
Shi Lang said, “I would say, chase them and end them.”
Stevenson asked, “Why?”
“The back-up they called for will not arrive, the place where all they store their additional forces, has been taken down by us, by the time they send an investigative team over, the planet by a cluster of space debris and dust.
Also, there are other ways they can get aid, for example, through the forces of the other two princes. I would rather have them all done for.”, replied the boy without any hesitation.
The other officers nodded, they understood that the boy was really decisive when it came to the matter of war. Such a personality could not be developed easily. They were aware that he was not very old, biologically.
Stevenson nodded and said, “You heard the guy, get those bastards. Target one warship at a time, and I want complete obliteration, Understood?”
“Sir, Yes, Sir.”, replied the officers on the communicators.
The attack started and this time the people began to target one warship at a time. They did not stop until the ship was destroyed to nothingness, along with the soldiers on them.
Stevenson said, “What a waste of good warships.”
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Arcadians were not only many in number, but they also had an impressive arsenal. The third prince saw that the enemy had begun to aim for their utter destruction, so he said, “Mobilize the mechs, flee this front. I will take the responsibility.”
As soon as the order was passed, the soldiers began to take over mechs and they all began to abandon the ships.
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Tick said, “Captain, we can read mech deployment signs.”, in a hurried tone.
Shi Lang said, “Calling all to all Shadow Executioners. Time to clobber them, people. Move it.”
“HOO-RAH.”, said the officers on the other side of the communication channel.
The secret division people deployed mechs to counter them as well.
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Hercules, one of Shi Lang’s old teammates was leading the team of Mechs. He said, “Use vibra-swords, the phaser cannon recoil will just make us push back. Keep clear of their warships, avoid dying from friendly fire.”
His comms were then flooded by messages of affirmation. Switching back to a secure channel, he said, “Ace, this shit is crazy.”
Shi Lang replied, “Then? Do you want me to pull you back?”
“Shut up, I am finally getting to move as I wish. Hahaha, we should do this often.”, replied the guy.
Shi Lang smiled and said, “Get them.”
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The third prince saw all this and said, “I am going out, I cannot watch my brothers die like this.”
He slammed his hand on the table and went out of the bridge. The generals could only watch him leave; they were aware that the battle was lost.
The third prince did not take a mech but he took out a small space fighter. This thing was faster than any mech out there. As soon as he came out of the deployment bay, he began to target the allied forces.
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Tick said, “Captain, the mech division is suffering heavy damage. In the past three minutes we are down by ten mechs.”, her voice was hurried.
The rest of the team also began to report, “Captain, the enemy is too fast to be targeted by the allied forces. However, there is only one such target.”, Jill said.
Shi Lang was thinking when Stevenson said, “Captain Ace, the frontal forces had deployed small ships to counter the target but no use, we have lost a whole squadron. Any intel on what might we be facing here?”
Shi Lang shook his head and said, “Let me contact the command center and check what we are facing here.”
Nexa said, “The communication is established, Captain.”
Shi Lang nodded to her; he had almost forgotten about her existence after the battle began.
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Quinn had been sitting and looking at the screen in front of her in a daze. She was able to hear all the data that was being input by the allied forces, she and the rest of the Terran delegation on Nestia did not witness to how scary the numbers of war could be. The death toll in the war has already crossed a few hundred thousand, and it was not decreasing or slowing down at all.
At this moment, she suddenly saw the screen display a communication request. She clicked on accepting and Shi Lang’s voice sounded, “Patch me to Cara.”
Quinn sensed the urgency in his voice and said, “Patching now.”
She directly patched the channel to Archie’s office. The commander connected and after finding that Shi Lang was looking for Cara, she hurriedly called for the girl.
Quickly the girl came over and asked, “What happened?”
Shi Lang asked, “Cara, do you know of any vessel that is faster than mechs? The Arcadians are using such a vessel and we are not able to counter it. This thing is taking down our units quickly.”
Cara was surprised and began to ponder, she said, “Are they using the Pinch?”
Shi Lang asked, “Pinch?”
Cara nodded and said, “This vessel was designed for the three princes, it is the fastest vessel in the Arcadian fleets. The firepower was not too much, however, the speed and the aiming system are very sharp.”
Shi Lang nodded and asked, “How can we counter it?”
Cara said, “Only one way to counter, aerial fight. You will have to duke it out. This vessel had no digital data updated.”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “Very well. I shall go now.”
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Shi Lang disconnected the communication and contacted Stevenson, after the comm was connected, he said, “Sir, I would like to step outside.”
Stevenson asked, “How sure are you?”
Shi Lang said, “Twenty percent. But it is better than nothing.”
Stevenson was surprised that the chances were so low yet this guy was confident. After thinking of something he said, “You can go out, prioritize your safety, we have taken down forty percent of their forces. Worse comes worse, we will leave them to go.”
Shi Lang nodded and said, “Princess Nexa will be the deputy in command, and Tick, you will take over the command.”
Then he left the bridge. Tick said, “All guns will charge and await the captain’s command to provide cover and suppression.”
“Yes, ma’am.”, said the rest.
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Shi Lang put on a black battle suit, they had called over extra troops from the secret division careers, and they were now helping the team operate the vessel to full capacity. This was the biggest warship they found in Arcana. This vessel carried a smaller spaceship built to raid. Shi Lang choose the fastest of the vessels and took off.
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Quinn saw that Shi Lang has stepped into the battle and she cast a gaze at Amelia who was also working a few meters away. The latter said, “Yes, I know he went out. He sent me a message before. I trust in him.”
Although she said this, her slightly shivering body gave away the anxiety in her heart. The situation was really a pinch they have not expected.
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Nexa asked, “How many people have we lost?”
Tick said, “Fifty mechs, and the bad thing is that all of them feel to one person. Those mech pilots out there are the best that you can find in the Federation. Yet they fell due to the lack of equipment, shame on us.”
Shade said, “Calm down, the captain is out. They will make contact in fifteen seconds.”
Everyone in the allied forces was gazing at this moment, can this guy take down the Arcadian prince? Or will he fall fighting for what he believed in?