Suicide attacks were apparently the new trend in the ch tournants held in central star nodes like Vulit.
Achieving victory mattered more than preserving the chs in most cases. As long as there were enough friendly chs left on the battlefield, then it was more than acceptable to sacrifice a bunch of machines to accomplish a result!
As long as the enemy suffered more losses, it was always worth it to go all out and use the chs to their best effect!
This was why the Penitent Sisters chose to deviate from their training.
Ordinarily, the diving charge attacks of the Valkyrie Redeers were a lot more restrained. The chs needed to build up enough montum to drive their spears through the enemy chs, but they had to be careful not to go overboard and crash onto the ground!
This was a delicate balancing act that made performing dive attacks in planetary conditions a lot more fraught than charging enemies in space.
At least there was lots of empty room in space for the Valkyrie Redeers to fling towards with their remaining montum after pulling off their charges.
This ti, the Penitent Sisters were fighting an aerial and landbound battle for the first ti in years, but none of them showed hesitation in driving their chs to suicide.
The arena's safety systems rescued their bodies and pulled them away even as their machines drove their spears through a ch before subsequently slamming those sa machines with their own fras!
The damage inflicted by the Valkyrie Redeers subsequently overwheld the Urthinan ground contingent.
Although the spent and damaged Urthinan landbound knight chs tried to get in the way of as many charging chs as possible, they couldn't withstand the sheer amount of force generated by tons worth of chs falling from above!
Throughout the powerful collisions, many of the knight chs got crushed or bounced away.
So of them even crashed into the cannoneer chs they were trying to protect, causing these crucial ranged chs to suffer serious damage as well!
As the entire position of the Urthinan landbound contingent looked as if it had suffered a calamity, both sides began to study the results of this devastatingly effective charge attack.
The goal of the charge attack was to eliminate all of the landbound ranged chs. In that, the Penitent Sisters had partially succeeded.
Though the enemy defensive knight chs managed to block and absorb much of the incoming damage, the death glow along with the Starburst grenades interrupted their actions, causing at least half of them to fail to complete their objectives.
In addition, even if the knight chs still got in the way, the collisions were so strong that many cannoneer chs got toppled and crushed!
The only problem was that too few Valkyrie Redeers managed to survive long enough to pull off their charges. Though the ones that made it to the ground intact had all inflicted a lot of damage, there were still at least twenty or so cannoneer chs that were either untouched or only suffered moderate scrapes from the dive attack.
Soon enough, they went back to business firing their potent cannons at the Bright Warriors that still put up a fight in the air!
[What a sha! The Larkinson Battalion has made a risky choice by limiting its lee chs to 80 of these Valkyrie Redeers. Now that they are all spent, the Larkinsons must either divert more firepower towards attacking the Urthinan ground forces or withstand the continuous ground-to-air attacks as they eliminate other targets.]
[They cannot afford to let the surviving cannoneer chs fire at their rifleman chs with impunity. The Larkinsons must respond!]
The Bright Warriors first tried to divert their firepower from the surviving enemy lancer chs to the Urthinan ground contingent. With most of the landbound defensive knight chs crushed and out of the fight, the surviving cannoneer chs beca relatively vulnerable targets!
However, unlike the Bright Warriors, the enemy cannoneer chs were substantially bigger and tougher. They were better able to resist the energy beams raining down on them from above.
What was even worse for the Larkinsons was that the Glory of Urthina Battalion quickly adjusted to the altered situation.
Dozens of chs flew down from every direction and protectively held their shields close to the cannoneer chs.
"The Urthinans have diverted their aerial offensive knight chs to guard their heavy guns!"
The Urthinans deployed two models of knight chs. The landbound ones were much tougher and more capable of defending against attacks from a distance, so they were assigned as the original guards of the cannoneer chs.
Now that these big and massive machines had done their jobs, their lighter, flight-capable cousins took over their responsibility!
[What an excellent response!] A strategic comntator praised. [The Glory of Urthina Battalion finally recognize that their offensive knight chs are too slow and cumberso to catch up to the agile Larkinson rifleman chs. It is much more suitable for them to return to their original purpose and guard their more important chs. If the Urthinans wish to eliminate the Larkinson Battalion, they must rely on their cannoneer chs to do most of the work of killing the opposition.]
The offensive knight chs were less capable of resisting enemy fire than the original guards of the cannoneer chs, but the Urthinans had a good way to extend their durability in the face of so many attacks from the air.
The chs simply threw aside their shields when their defensive equipnt started to crumble and picked up the heavier tower shields that their heavier cousins had dropped onto the ground.
Even though the offensive knight chs didn't possess the right strength to hold and carry these heavy tower shields effectively, it was no problem for them to hold them with two limbs or brace them against the surrounding wrecks for support.
With the help of these additional tower shields, the Urthinan offensive knight chs successfully prevented the Larkinson Bright Warriors from downing even a single surviving cannoneer ch!
Even if a couple of stray shots managed to land from a tricky angle, the sturdy ranged chs still possessed plenty of armor to take the hits and keep going!
"This isn't working!" A Larkinson ch officer said. "We need to close in on the enemy ground force and eliminate those cannoneer chs imdiately."
"We can't! Those knight chs will stop us all and these lancer chs that are chasing after us aren't for show either. Besides, our chs are no good in close quarters combat in our current configuration."
"We still have our backup knives!"
As the Larkinsons tried to figure out a response to the latest developnt, Commander Casella grew increasingly more troubled.
The pressure continued to mount on her shoulders. Though she tried to keep everything under control, the Urthinans were slowly unraveling the Larkinson Battalion.
"Maybe we should have brought in a company of Swordmaiden chs."
She did not regret the decision to co into the battle with their current lineup. Although it didn't sound like much at first, Casella knew that they wouldn't have been able to resist against the Urthinan aerial chs with too few ranged chs. The Larkinsons needed the numbers in order to pressure and whittle down the enemy lancer chs fast enough.
Nonetheless, she still needed to do sothing in order to reverse the Larkinson Battalion's losing trend.
It was at this ti that her living ch issued its own opinion.
WE MUST TAKE ACTION OURSELVES. ONLY HEROES CAN SALVAGE A VICTORY FROM THIS BATTLE.
"What?!"
Casella grew appalled even as the Quint grew more eager to enter the fray.
Even though the ch was designed to fight enemies at range proficiently, it enjoyed defeating enemy chs up close even more.
Although Casella wanted to refuse the Quint's overly aggressive suggestion, she found that she couldn't form the right words to do so. The Larkinsons were obviously losing this battle if this went on, so why not take this gamble?
One of her greatest worries about losing was whether the Quint would get killed as well. She had no idea how much the Urthinans would damage the precious masterwork ch. If the enemy piled too many attacks on her current ch, could it still be brought back to life?
Casella didn't know the answer, and neither did the Quint.
This made both of them more desperate. The Quint did not fear an unworthy death, but it would be damned before it allowed these strange Urthinans who relied on a single trick to gain the upper hand in this match.
At this ti, Commander Casella fully let herself go. She quickly passed over the responsibility of commanding the Larkinson Battalion to another ch officer before she instructed the Quint to dive towards the enemy ground force in the center of the battlefield!
The Quint's abrupt change in course did not escape the notice of the Urthinans. Soon enough, their cannoneer chs as well as a number of lancer chs went on the attack!
While Casella was able to evade or resist most of the incoming fire, the lancer chs posed a much greater threat.
Even if the Quint had been upgraded with better armor systems and other defensive asures, it would still not et a good end when a solid ch and its lance slamd onto its side!
"Cover Commander Casella's approach!"
The other Avatar Bright Warriors did their best to cover for the Quint. They concentrated their fire at the incoming lancer chs to take them out or slow their advance. They also threw their own bodies in the way of the enemy fire coming from below. Even if their ch fras weren't solid enough to block so many direct attacks, they still served as adequate shields for the short ti needed for the Quint to reach its destination!
When the masterwork ch finally reached the ground forces, it had holstered its overstrained luminar crystal rifle and pulled out its sword.
After the first ti the Quint beca embroiled in a lee clash, Commander Casella had made sure to brush her skills up a bit in case she ended up in a similar position.
She was quite grateful for refreshing her swordsmanship in her recent practice sessions. Together with the Quint's active guidance and participation, she and her ch tore through the Urthinan chs in their way!
The Quint in its current configuration may be lacking in strength and toughness, but it was light, agile and fast.
Even if it was alone in the center of the enemy ground formation, there was practically nothing the Urthinan ground chs could do to stop the Quint from rampaging through their ranks!
The Quint looked as if it was dancing from one clumsy Urthinan ch after another.
The enemy cannoneer ch might be well-protected, but they were slow and unable to turn fast enough to prevent a sword from sticking through the weak point in their rear armor!
As for the knight chs, the Quint outright evaded them. Whether they held tower shields or not, the offensive knight chs were just not equipped to blocked a powerful masterwork ch piloted by an expert candidate!
"We can't fire at this masterwork ch! There are too many friendly chs in the way!"
"Urthina save us! We need support from above!"
"Our light skirmishers are coming!"
The Quint had already massacred half of the remaining cannoneer chs when the Urthinan light skirmishers finally arrived from above!
Even though many of them had been shot or downed after the Avatar Bright Warriors concentrated their fire on them, more than a dozen still managed to make it through!
The light skirmishers were considerably faster and more agile than the Quint. There was no way for the Larkinson masterwork ch to escape their attacks!
That didn't an the Quint was helpless, though.
"Get out of our way!"
The Quint chose to rely on brute force and charged in a specific direction while blocking as many incoming knife attacks as possible. The Quint was able to summon up just enough force to push and smash aside the light skirmishers that directly blocked its path!
"We shall not be stopped!" Casella declared as the heat of the battle began to rush in her head.
Her connection with the Quint deepened as she pushed her piloting skills to the limit in order to survive in this difficult situation.
More and more Urthinan cannoneer chs fell against the Quint's sword.
However, just before the Quint could finish off the remaining ones, a lance speared through the air and almost managed to impale the masterwork ch if not for Casella sensing an incoming threat from above.
A more powerful and decorated Urthinan lancer ch had finally made its appearance.
Casella and her living ch grew more serious as they regarded this new threat.
The enemy expert candidate finally initiated its challenge.
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