While Ves invested his ti on coming up with a set of universal glow instructions, the Komodo War continued to rage in the center of the star sector.
To the warring Fridayn and Hexers, the events that took place in the Nyxian Gap did not even co to their attention.
The war already consud all of their attention! Who cared what the designer of the Blessed Squire was up to these days. The military ch pilots weren't even able to access any news aside from what their superiors wanted to know.
"Co on! The Hexers are getting battered! Let's push them out of the city while their reinforcents are still on the way!"
After successfully conquering and pacifying the Marrakath System, the Wrathful Doves only needed a few months to complete its reorganization. The Hex Army provided the victorious army group with a large amount of recruits, chs and supplies over the course of a couple of months.
While the Wrathful Doves still needed ti to return to its old level of strength, the war waited for no one. With the fall of the Crestfallen Stars, the interior of the Carnegie Group and the Verer Group beca vulnerable.
The Hex Army decided to act boldly and launched several bold offensives. Each of them thrust deeply into the territories of the two Coalition Partners. The Hexers wanted to attack strategic and critical interior star systems before the Fridayn took everything of value away.
One of the star systems that the Hexers just happened to attack was the Leemar System!
This academic star system used to be one of the Carnegie Group's centers of power. Many leaders, scientists and other notable figures studied at one of its many renowned universities.
Right now, the Hex Army was determined to conquer the Leemar System! As the ho of the Leemar Institute of Technology, the Hexers wanted to send a strong ssage to Master Olson and Master Katzenberg.
Since the two Fridayn Masters dared to target the Blessed Squire chs with their Glow Crusher design, the Hexers were determined to hit back twice as hard by razing their cherished institution!
Of course, the Masters, the teaching staff, the students and almost everyone else had already evacuated the vulnerable star system. What troubled Leemar's administration was that it took a lot more ti to transfer all of the expensive hardware and material stockpiles.
Since the LIT was ho to at least five Master ch Designers and many more Seniors, the LIT had built up an elaborate high-end infrastructure centered around research, developnt and production.
Leemar had been responsible for fabricating nurous expert chs and high-end chs for the Fortune Legion! Naturally, the infrastructure needed to produce the best chs of the Fortune Legion was very considerable.
Now, much of it was under threat!
Hundreds of shells launched by distant artillery chs smashed onto the tropical lands where the LIT was based!
A couple of explosive shells even impacted Master Olson's guest estate! Powerful explosions rocked the grounds, causing nurous new craters to appear.
While the mansion was made out of better materials than many other hos, the Hexers didn't give up. Dozens of other shells hit the mansion, collapsing its roof, several rooms and even entire wings!
Fortunately, Master Olson already took away everything she cared about months ago. Not even her private workshop contained any traces as the bombardnt finally breached the underground chambers!
The destruction of Master Olson's mansion only served as a minor distraction for the Battle of the Leemar System.
"Crush this school and everything it has left! Don't let a single building stand!"
Both Fridayn and Hexer chs fought nurous different skirmishes across the Leemar Institute of Technology's expansive campus grounds.
chs from both sides hotly contested against each other in the air and land. With each passing second, an aerial ch crashed into the ground. Landbound chs constantly fired and collided against each other.
"Watch out for the shore! Those amphibian chs can sneak attack us at any ti!"
Since the LIT was built on an archipelago, the combatants contested in the seas as well! Tens of thousands of aquatic chs and amphibian chs clashed against each other at various depths in order to secure the crucial waters surrounding the fad institution.
Little of that had anything to do with ch Lieutenant Niklas Monroe.
As a native of the Leemar System and a ch officer of the Fortune Legion, Lieutenant Monroe received the distinct honor of piloting one of his unit's Glow Crusher!
Not every Fridayman ch pilot looked forward to piloting the new ch model. Due to the necessity of charging straight into an enemy formation in order to break the Blessed Squire's glow, the Glow Crushers that charged in regularly never made it out intact!
What was even worse was that the Hexer ch pilots developed an intense animosity towards the Glow Crushers. No Fridayn ch attracted more fire from the maddened won than the ch that had the potential to ruin their parade!
The Fridayn were human as well. Who would want to accept the 'honor' of piloting this necessary ch if it only turned them into the biggest target on the battlefield?
Lieutenant Monroe was not one of them. In order to defend the planet he grew up in, he eagerly embraced the only ch that could neutralize one of the Hex Army's trump cards!
Several ch companies advanced forward while enduring an increasing amount of fire. One of the downsides of defending the LIT was that it featured a lot of open space. The cities built around the institute mostly consisted of smaller structures.
"Co on! We only have one chance at this! We have to take out those artillery chs!"
Up ahead, the Fortune Legionnaires finally reached a wide street where at least two Hexer ch companies escorted half-a-dozen artillery chs as they slowly lumbered forward.
The huge, lumbering six-legged chs each boasted a plethora of cannons. The artillery chs continually fired heavy shells after receiving accurate targeting data from scout chs and spy drones.
Occasionally, the Fortune Legion attempted to bombard the Hexer artillery chs, but their targets either intercepted the incoming rounds with their secondary armant or projected a large shield to block whatever managed to slip through.
Even if a couple of rounds succeeded in passing through all of these obstacles, the heavy artillery chs just accepted the blows before resuming their attacks!
"These big chs are rare even for the Wrathful Doves." A Fridayman commander noted. "The Hexers will definitely feel pained if we manage to take them down. Get ready!"
Everyone received tailored instructions as the Fridayn chs ca close enough to initiate a charge.
"Monroe, you know what to do. We'll open up a path for you as much as possible."
"Got it, sir! For Freedom and Fortune!"
"FOR FREEDOM AND FORTUNE!"
Due to the crucial role of the Glow Crusher chs, the Fortune Legion no longer positioned them up front. Instead, the lancer chs occupied the second row. Several offensive chs adjusted for speed and frontal defenses covered them from the front.
After completing the final preparations, the commander issued the pivotal.
"Charge!"
Over a hundred chs thundered forward! The avenue they were walking on quickly cracked due to all of the stresses it endured!
Soon enough, the slow-moving Hexer formation halted and opted to dig in as its ranged chs began to fire at the vanguard of the incoming enemies.
A huge barrage of fire pushed against the offensive knights! Positron beams, missiles, gauss rounds and other powerful weapons smashed against the shields of the chs at the front.
Even the artillery chs directed so of their shorter-ranged chs against the incoming Fridayn!
Amazingly, the offensive chs held throughout the charge. Each of the chs mounted special shield generators on their backs. The shields they projected not only ford a powerful barrier up front, but also rged with any adjacent barriers.
The result was a large and powerful shield that was collectively supported by all of the chs that carried this expensive shield module!
It didn't matter if the Hexers concentrated their fire on only one portion of the barrier. With the sharing arrangent enabled by this highly-advanced shielding system, every shield generator endured the exact sa burden.
As the Fridayn formation neared the enemy position, the shield generators were close to reaching their limits!
"Deactivate the shield generators! They've done their job!"
The offensive knights no longer projected their shields. Their modular backpack modules smoked as they worked hard to release an excess amount of heat.
The absence of the shield imdiately affected the Fridayn. The offensive knights traded durability for mobility and increased energy reserves, and now they were finally paying for this tradeoff!
Against the concentrated firepower of the Hexer chs, the offensive knights quickly fell behind. Their shields only bought a short amount of ti before they quickly collapsed.
"Breach an opening for us!" Lieutenant Monroe called as his Glow Crusher beca filled with motion energy.
Even though his ch wasn't running at its top speed, Monroe knew it had accumulated a sufficient amount of montum. Together with the Glow Crushers of his unit, he was confident he could break the enemy's glow!
Crash!
The surviving offensive chs along with so other lee chs physically collided against the defending Hexer chs.
The powerful collisions disordered the Hexer ranks and montarily opened up so gaps. Other Fortune Legion chs quickly took advantage of the openings and tried their best to expand the holes.
Every Fridayman ch abruptly fought a little less vigorously as they pressed closer. Each of them had entered the outer range of the Blessed Squire's glow.
"Monroe! The way is open! Kill those damned boy chs before they nag us to death!"
"With pleasure!"
The Fridayn chs had managed to create so openings in the enemy formation at great cost. Once their forward montum stalled, it beca a lot more challenging to reach the well-protected Blessed Squires.
Fortunately, Lieutenant Monroe managed to bypass the occupied Fridayn chs and charge forward. The other friendly Glow Crushers managed to press through as well as their comrades did their best to cover their advance.
All of this took place in a short amount of ti. Before the Hexers issued their next orders, the Glow Crushers were already accelerating forward!
When Monroe felt the ti was right, he activated a ntal trigger.
In an instant, the lance of his chs seed to shine as it was about to bump into an invisible field!
"SUCCESS!"
The glows of the Blessed Squires abruptly disappeared as the Glow Crushers that managed to pull off their charge had dumped all of their motion energy!
The surrounding air beca denser and more energetic as the invisible motion energy spread from the Glow Crushers.
The Hexer chs simultaneously lost steam as the encouraging presence of the Superior Mother disappeared.
The Fridayn succeeded in damaging their confidence!
As the motion energy rapidly dissipated, Lieutenant Monroe decisively commanded his ch to throw aside its unwieldy lance. After withdrawing a slim sword, his ch already turned around in order to link up with friendlies.
Yet just as the Glow Crushers took their first steps back, a familiar oppressive sensation overtook the ch pilots.
For a mont, both sides flagged a bit. "What is this..?"
Suddenly, the Hexer chs beca invigorated again! With the resumption of the glows of the Blessed Squires, the crazed Hexer ch pilots fought as if the Superior Mother had personally intervened!
"The Superior Mother is with us!"
"Crush these Glow Crushers!"
Lieutenant Mornoe was devastated! As nurous vengeful Hexers assaulted his Glow Crusher, he couldn't comprehend what had happened. He was sure his ch had succeeded in its charge!
"Why didn't it work! My ch broke their glows!"
He would find no answer as his ch quickly succumbed against the combined assault. The rest of his unit collapsed within minutes as the Fridayn were forced to fight in the influence of a hostile while the Hexers had regained their confidence!
"The Hexers deceived us! They upgraded their Blessed Squires!"
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