Mob №108 “[Attention all personnel! Enemy reinforcements are all skilled, so please be careful!]”
The group that appeared on Rossweisse-san’s radar were indeed pirates, considering they refused ship code confirmation.
The scale was medium, with considerably more ships than ours.
Moreover, telescopic confirmation showed their ships clearly displayed Jolly Rogers, indicating they were legitimate pirates rather than fallen nobles who turned to piracy.
In the case of fallen nobles, they usually don’t display these flags because they claim “this is tribute, not piracy.”
Anticipating the entire escort force would arrive, the on-duty members immediately prepared for interception, and the off-duty members also sortied immediately without delay.
The pirates also attacked without cowering before us, and without even giving the customary speech, they came at us silently.
Since holding back with military recruitment scouts watching could be life-threatening, I had no choice but to fight seriously.
However, the most conspicuous performance was, rather than Lambert Riagrades-kun of the “Feathered Helmet, as expected, from Rossweisse-san.”
Taking advantage of having two people in one ship, they appeared to have Rossweisse-san handle communications with other ships while Lambert-kun did the piloting.
Well, Lambert-kun apparently doesn’t faint as easily these days.
Drawing trajectories nearly impossible for humans, she easily shot down the pirates.
To think that’s an electronic warfare aircraft – ancient weapons really are incredible.
The next most conspicuous were Dan-san, Arthur-kun, and Tiursad-san.
Dan-san moved leisurely while gracefully dodging enemy attacks at the last moment, getting behind enemies, or mysteriously disappearing from view despite slow movements. His strange yet elegant combat trajectory earned him the nickname “Graceful Swallow” when he reached Bishop Rank – completely opposite to his chatty, joke-filled communications. Apparently disliking this, he started calling himself “Invincible Tough Guy.”
He really is quite a tough guy, so it’s not wrong.
Arthur-kun is the opposite – far from graceful, he’s rough and angular.
Well, he’s more refined than before.
Incidentally, some female fans call him “White Horse Prince” because his ship is white (likening it to a horse) or “White Flash” for his speed.
When Seira-jou heard these stories, she had an expression mixing both joy and irritation.
Seira-jou’s ship has excellent radar but isn’t particularly fast, so she stays near the cargo ships, focuses on intercepting approaching enemies, and occasionally provides information to Arthur-kun and others.
Tiursad-san, befitting the name “Leopardess,” moves with smart, efficient motions.
Her mothership “Ukrimo” is naturally slow.
So she uses her hull as a shield for the transport caravan.
Morize also stays near the cargo ships due to speed concerns, focusing on intercepting approaching enemies.
Her ship is dark green, slow but equipped with two Beam Blasters, one Piercing Grazer, and one special weapon “Ram Barrier.”
Incidentally, you can learn about the differences between beams and lasers from the search engine “Shirabe Locus” sensei.
As for me, I got the easy position of circling around the escort ships and shooting down anyone who approached or tried to approach.
Incidentally, the guy who hassled me and his followers are apparently working quite hard on the front lines.
This way, with several extremely conspicuous people around, I should be able to deceive the military talent scouts’ attention a bit.
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After quite a number of pirates were shot down and I thought they might retreat soon, pirate reinforcements arrived.
It was the “Hornet Squadron” that I first faced during the Rosero and Grient houses’ war, and who had been on our side during the anti-terrorist operation on planet Teura.
While fighting between nobles is one thing, siding with pirates means disqualification as mercenaries.
What are those squadron members thinking?
[Attention all personnel! Enemy reinforcements are all skilled, so please be careful!]
Seira-jou, remembering them from the terrorist extermination, warned everyone.
Then the Hornet Squadron, perhaps wary of Rossweisse-san’s abilities from the Rosero-Grient war and planet Teura anti-terrorist operation, deployed massive numbers of drones, all targeting Rossweisse-san.
[What’s with these annoying things!]
Rossweisse-san’s irritated voice echoed through communications, but despite being chased by considerable numbers of drones, she seemed fine as she dodged them effortlessly, pulled away, and shot them down.
Besides, if it came to it, she could easily dominate and control such simple drones.
However, our side had problems.
The [Hornet Squadron] all move well. Dan-san and Tiursad-san aside, Arthur-kun is being forced into a hard fight.
Even from that Dan-san, I can’t hear any light banter or jokes at all, and Tiursad-san hasn’t said a single word either.
Indeed, the Hornet Squadron is truly composed of strong fighters.
If we’re talking about mercenary ranks, they’d all be at Queen Rank at least.
The other comrades are somehow managing to hold on, but several of our allies have been heavily damaged, and nearby comrades rushed in to provide cover, barely avoiding being shot down and managing to get recovered by the carrier.
That said, some people had damage to their cockpits, so depending on the extent of their injuries and the air situation, it might be dangerous.
Fortunately, since these are specialized craft built only for combat, air countermeasures should be in place.
And if the Hornet Squadron is here, then naturally that guy should be here too.
The moment I thought that, I had a bad feeling and moved my craft, and a beam grazed right past the ship.
In the direction the beam came from, there was indeed the [Blue Hornet].
During chaotic battles, it’s possible to overlook the radar, so it was lucky I could avoid it.
The [Blue Hornet] is heading straight toward me.
He’s clearly looking for revenge from before.
The trick I used before probably won’t work, and from what I’ve heard about his activities in anti-terrorist operations, he might have improved his skills.
I should have properly taken him down back then…
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