Chapter 575: Chapter 160: Stab Immediately_1
“Start!”
Link quietly disappeared from the cockpit of the Waterdrop Warship.
Gerald, who had already received Link’s orders, was only slightly startled by Link’s ghostly departure but quickly took over the task of navigating the Waterdrop Warship.
Through the teleportation of “Small World”, summoned backwards by Franda, Link abruptly appeared at the rear of the Starship of Flame and Metal Trading Company.
With a subdued yell in his heart, he donned his newly upgraded star battle armor.
The main color of his battle armor was bright red, with a multi-colored pentagram shining on his forehead, creating a glow identical to the ring on his chest.
A two-handed massive sword was slung on his back, its bare blade gleaming coldly.
“Alert! Alert!”
“Unidentified wizard detected! Unidentified wizard detected!”
The main starship of the Flame and Metal Trading Company sensed Link’s presence and issued a warning immediately through the Tower Spirit.
On the large screen in the cockpit, there appeared an image of Link clad in his battle armor.
“Link Grande!”
Recognizing Link by his familiar shape and fighting style, Wizard Verna exclaimed in surprise. An immediate feeling of dread clawed at her senses and she screamed out, “Quick, reinforce the defense of the tail cabin, NOW!”
The moment the likeness of Link was identified by the ship’s Tower Spirit, emergency measures had already been enacted to redistribute the Power Shield’s potency.
Unfortunately, the flow of the defense shield had been disrupted by the full-power Annihilation Light not long ago.
Just like a narrow channel, no matter how much water there is in a reservoir, it cannot be transferred quickly and can only seep through slowly.
The defensive strength of the tail cabin couldn’t be instantly increased.
There was a certain risk of it being penetrated.
“Turn!”
Upon the Tower Spirit’s prompting, Wizard Verna noticed this. She ordered to change course immediately and glared at the wizards in charge of ship maintenance.
The main battleship, while traveling at high speed, suddenly changes the direction of the engine thrust output, pushing the ship sideways, aiming to face Link with the thicker defense shield of its belly.
This scene was captured by both the “Cloud Rainbow” and the main ship of the White Tower Alliance.
The real-time image was present on both their screens.
“Quick! Quick! Quick!”
In the cockpit of the “Cloud Rainbow”, Sandra clenched her fists tightly and muttered to herself.
If she was in contact with him, she would definitely be urging Link, who seemed to be gathering his strength silently, to swiftly initiate an attack before that b*tch Verna had a chance to adjust.
He mustn’t let up and miss this golden opportunity.
Unfortunately, Link did not just fail to contact her directly, he also remained motionless, not launching an attack.
This gave the main ship of the Flame and Metal Trading Company enough time to adjust.
In the main ship of the White Tower Alliance fleet, “Scholar” Silvano put down the large book in his hand, leaned forward, and after carefully studying the image of Link for a moment, remarked, “It’s a fake, an illusion. Can’t Verna even see that? Link Grande’s target is definitely not her main ship. Her logic seems to be compromised by her desires, unable to think calmly. This may not matter in ordinary times, but it is fatal in emergencies.”
Following this, Scholar Silvano ordered, “Break contact with the ‘Cloud Rainbow’, retreat from the battlefield, defense formation.”
Right from the start, Scholar Silvano thought it was odd. The initial plan was to gain experience, so why did Verna change her mind halfway to intercept Sandra?
Although he couldn’t identify what was off about the decision, he still loyally carried out the mission while harboring doubts.
Thus, from the beginning of the battle up till now.
Under Scholar Silvano’s guidance, the White Tower Alliance fleet was engaged in heated combat on the surface but was prepared to retreat from the battlefield at a moment’s notice.
The moment his order was given, all the captains of the various battleships immediately implemented the contingency plan.
Before the main ship of the Flame and Metal Trading Company had finished adjusting its direction, they began to break contact with the “Cloud Rainbow” and gradually retreat from the battlefield in a orderly manner.
“You got lucky!”
Seeing this, Sandra gritted her teeth and reluctantly ordered, “Adjust attack targets, aim at Flame and Metal Trading Company fleet.”
“Understood.”
The Tower Spirit accepted the command and immediately implemented it.
In the emptiness of space, the five scions of the major clans, under the guidance of the Tower Spirit, each locked their battle system magic tools onto the five warships of the Flame and Metal Trading Company fleet.
In the unfathomable emptiness of space.
Ddean Frist and Lady Lisandra stood side by side, watching Link seize the chance, “a shot yet to be fired”, setting off complete chaos in one fleet and causing the other to think about retreating. They couldn’t help but sigh, “This kid is really good at seizing opportunities.”
“Humph!”
Lady Lisandra merely huffed dismissively.
She had heard from various channels that Link was very unhappy about being arranged to be “sent to his death” without his knowledge.
This discontent was aimed at the academy.
But in reality, it was directed at her, the one who made this arrangement!
Therefore, after overhearing that Link had invited Tiffany to join “Do What You Want”, Lady Lisandra manipulated things a bit to include Sandra.
When the time came, the exposure of “Do What You Want” would increase dramatically and inevitably invite a lot of opposition and suppression.
Even if Link, with his formidable abilities, was able to develop “Do What You Want” under such pressure, Lady Lisandra wouldn’t be disappointed.
All she needed to do was carry out a minor operation to drive away Link and his little girlfriend, then Sandra could take control and legitimately obtain a considerable force.
As for picking peaches, she was the best at that.