Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1241: Attack On The Frontlines

("Lower the altitude!"

An azure beam of light approached. The starship Allen and the others were on brushed past the beam of light in an extremely dangerous manner. Following that, several weapons platforms controlled by Bai repeatedly opened fire on Sirius' warships. Of course, Bai Na had just learned how to manipulate the weapon system, so it wouldn't be that easy to hit the warship.

According to Windsor Belo's plan, Alan and the others would sneak into the enemy fleet and even fight Sirius' warships in order to perform a realistic scene. After the battle was over, Sirius would retreat, and Alan would be able to enter Agares under the cover of the Kidd Squadron. Allen would manually detonate a pocket bomb on the starship's engine after entering the atmosphere, taking into account that the commander would notice the extra starship, causing the plane to crash. After leaving the Kidd fleet, Sirius engineers started an additional set of backup engines installed on the starship to locate the system for the Great Wastelands.

The whole plan was not flawless, but the chances of success were high. In fact, there was no 100% success plan, so Allen did not reject the plan and followed every step strictly.

It was now the first phase of the plan, and they had participated in the war between the two sides and played a Kidd role in the battle. At this time, three Kidd warships had been destroyed, and Sirius had lost one. This showed how intense the air battle was.

The warships of the two sides continued to slaughter each other. Blue and red beams of light illuminated the space where the battlefield was located. From a distance, fireballs rose and fell one after another, and the aftermath of the explosion of the beam traveled a kilometer.

Alan's starship was being locked onto by the two Sirius warships and was being chased by them. The two warships didn't let go of water at all, and they didn't relax even when facing Allen's rookies who could be said to be fighting in the air. However, under the exquisite control of the other party, beams of light always brushed past the hull of the ship. Apart from causing the shield to vibrate with energy, it did not cause any damage to the body.

During the chase, three Kidd warships suddenly charged out. Under a round of saturation bombardment, one of the Sirius warships' shields was broken. The starship that was exposed to the cannon fire quickly exploded into a fireball in space. In the control room, Alan could see the ball of fire getting farther and farther away through the porthole, and his mood sank.

At this moment, Windsor Belo, who was on the battleship, saw that the battle was almost over and gave the order to evacuate. Before leaving, he shelled the other party's second transport ship, which could be considered as an explanation for the soldiers who had died in this battle.

At this time, a soldier suddenly said, "Report."

"What is it?"

"Another fleet is approaching at high speed."

"What?" Windsor Belo was stunned.

At this moment, the scene on the big screen changed, and the camera moved to the space behind the battleship. One could see a fleet rapidly approaching from that direction. The starships used by this fleet had a unique shape. They were all disc-shaped, and their bodies were completely silver-white. It was unforgettable. Seeing them, Windsor Belo immediately knew who they were.

"Vitan?" Windsor Belo frowned. "Why are those stubborn guys here?"

The Vitans were allies of the same alliance system as the Earth Federation and Adahua Planet. They also shouldered the responsibility of an interstellar defense line, and their defense line just so happened to be not far from here. Hence, although Windsor Belo was surprised to see them, she was not too surprised. She was a little irritated when she thought of those alien allies who were as bad-tempered as stones.

"Marshal, the other party requests a communication." When the soldiers reported, a group of Vitan warships had already cut into the battlefield at high speed, chasing after the Kidd starships and fighting.

Windsor Belo took a step back and looked at the man behind her. "Captain, ask them what they are doing!"

This was the captain of the battleship. He nodded and walked forward, while Windsor Belo retreated to a corner to avoid being seen by the Vitan commanders. After a brief connection, a figure appeared on the screen. The Vitans had strange blue skin. They were tall and thin, and their skin was covered with many glowing substances. In the dark night, the Vitans would shine, so their race was not suitable for sneak attacks or related missions.

The Alien Commander who appeared on the screen shrugged his long orange eyebrows and his eyes glittered like gemstones. He coughed softly and said, "I'm sorry to interfere in your battle, but this area is within the responsibility of our planet Vitan. Therefore, this battle should not be conducted by the people of the Earth Federation. Please rest assured, leave it to us."

The captain of Sirius shouted, "According to the Star Convention, I don't think there is a need to assign responsibility for the actions of the Yordon outsiders. As long as we run into these outsider bastards, I think every ally of the Alliance will choose to attack immediately."

The Vitan commander spread out his hands and said, "I don't mean to blame the Earth Federation. I think it's necessary to clarify this point. It's just that your defenses are not in this area. Should we consider your defenses more than killing this Kidd fleet? Trust me, we are fully capable of defeating this fleet."

"Actually, we have chosen to withdraw. As allies, I kindly remind your commander that the other party has Golden Kidd experts on guard. If I were you, I would have to consider letting them go."

Upon hearing this news, the Vitan commander's expression stiffened, but he still said firmly, "Thank you for your reminder. I will act cautiously in response to the changes in the situation."

And cut off communications.

Windsor Belo walked out and snorted, "These guys only know bad things."

However, it was unknown if the Sirius captain's reminder had worked. After a round of pursuit and killing, the Vitans' fleet showed signs of retreating. However, when the other party's main ship was about to leave, it fired a cannon at the Kidd fleet. The cannon brushed past the shield of the last transport ship and directly detonated the shield. The transport ship spat out a lot of electric fire, but it was not shot down. Only then did the Vitan squadron turn around and leave in the same direction as the Sirius squadron.

On the battleship, Windsor Belo could no longer do anything else. She could only hope that Alan and his party could smoothly enter Agares.

She didn't know that Alan and the others were in a terrible situation.

"Damn it, our engine group has been destroyed!" Belmord nervously typed commands on a screen showing the starship's self-test report. Just now, the main ship of the Vitans fired a cannon. Although the cannon did not aim at them, it brushed past the starship. The shield of an ordinary warship was unable to defend against the cannon fire of the main warship. The shield was immediately broken, and the energy aftershocks of the light cannon still landed on the starship engine, causing damage to the engine parts.

The kinetic energy of the starships was gradually disappearing, and the result of Wisdom Brain's calculations was that their starships would lose their kinetic energy in thirty seconds and float in space.

Nothing could be worse.

"Where's the backup engine?" Alan asked.

Belmord shook his head and said, "It can't be activated either."

"Then what should I do? I don't want to be a space drifter." Cried Hubble.

Laura suggested, "Maybe we can use a towing device on the transport ship and let the big guy pull us away." She pointed to the ship in front of the porthole that was still spitting electric fire. It looked like the ship's hull had been damaged to varying degrees, but it hadn't lost power yet.

Allen shook his head and said, "No, towing in space is fine. But when we enter the planet's atmosphere, the towing device doesn't work and the friction and airflow in the atmosphere will throw us out. If we're lucky, we have a chance of landing. If we're unlucky, we might get into friction with the transport ship and cause an explosion."

Looking at the transport ship again, Alan gritted his teeth and said, "There's only one way now."

After this battle, only three Kidd warships remained. The three starships had obviously received some sort of order and were flying towards the front of the fleet to meet up with the golden-ranked warship. Allen and the rest of the starship used the remaining kinetic energy to chase after the transport ship. Suddenly, the starship opened fire and several beams of light opened one of the hatch doors in the stern of the transport ship. Just like that, the starship crashed straight into the ship, sliding a distance inside the transport ship before stopping. At this moment, a metal door automatically descended from the interior of the transport ship, sealing the hatch that had been pierced through.

In the command room of the Golden Battleship, a Kidd sat on the captain's seat. More than seventy percent of his body had been replaced with metal, and the metal had been painted with pure golden yellow. The gold-ranked Kidd expert was listening to his subordinates' battle damage reports when a Kidd transformation soldier suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Report, the transport ship has been damaged. It seems, it seems …"

"Speak!"

"Yes, it seems to have been forcefully pierced through by our own battleship."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Right now, the transport ship is waiting for your orders, General Sidi!"

"The fleet has entered the atmosphere and nothing can be done at this time. Tell the people on the transport ship to seal off the damage area and send a guard to investigate. If it's one of our men, throw it into a temporary cell. If it's anyone else, they should know what to do," said Kidd, narrowing his eyes.

Suddenly, the hull of the ship shook violently, but the fleet had already entered the atmosphere. From space, this thin fleet of only one transport ship and a few combat ships had drilled into Agares' atmosphere. The friction between the ship's hull and the atmosphere created two waves of fire that spread out like wings and ribbons to the left and right. At this time, a fireball suddenly exploded from the engine of the transport ship. Then, a series of fireballs of various sizes floated on the surface of the ship, spreading towards the middle of the transport ship.

Intense explosions caused the ship's armor to split apart, and debris or human bodies were constantly being thrown out of the broken armor. Just as the fleet was about to pass through the atmosphere, the transport ship let out a loud noise that shook the heavens and earth. The ship's hull interrupted and spat out a large amount of fire waves. The ship's hull was unable to withstand the pressure from inside and outside and completely broke apart. It was as if it had been broken into two pieces by a pair of invisible hands, and countless flying fragments exploded out. It was as if a rain of fire had fallen in mid-air.

In front of the rain of fire were a few other warships.

The battleship hurriedly opened its shield, especially the golden-ranked battleship's shield, which was as bright and thick as a cocoon of light. But at this moment, half of the transport ship's hull collided with it, and the light cocoon-like shield instantly shattered. The golden ship was knocked into the air and spun, and large pieces of armor debris sprayed out from the surface of the ship. The battleship finally stopped spinning, but a fragment of the transport ship pierced into the stern of the golden ship. Instantly, bright flames exploded there, and the entire stern, along with the engine, was almost blown off the hull of the battleship.

"Damn it! Hurry up and make a forced landing!" Inside the golden ship, Siddy roared angrily.

"General, the battleship has lost control! It's out of control!" The soldier shouted in response. Suddenly, the porthole in front of him exploded. The pressure from inside and outside caused many soldiers to be sucked out of the ship.

Siddy cursed and jumped out of the seat. At this moment, the battleship dived towards the ground at an angle of almost 45 degrees. Steel needles and iron spikes appeared on Siddy's palms and feet in order to fix his body in the tilted hull of the battleship. He quickly climbed out of the command room and followed the walls of the passageway to one of the cabins of the warship. The cabin opened and there was only one device inside. The device emits a gentle force field that allows the object to be fixed to a horizontal surface.

Floating in the force field was a metal cube with four golden lines extending across the metal surface. Siddy quickly closed the force field device and grabbed the cube in his hand. Then, he raised his arm, and the palm of the modified metal arm suddenly opened, spitting out a gun barrel. The muzzle of the cannon suddenly lit up, and a golden beam of light shot out, piercing through the wall on the other side of the cabin along with the outer armor of the starship. The air currents immediately swept out of the ship, and Siddy hugged the cube tightly and leapt out of the warship along with the air currents.

At this moment, from a height of ten thousand meters, he saw the upper transport ship's hull constantly disintegrating, sending out a rain of fire that descended towards the vast heavens and earth below. The remaining battleships had already exploded in this sudden calamity, turning into fireballs that flew far away. Siddy's eyes darkened as several tons of ship fragments smashed towards him. He raised his hand and shot out a beam of light, like a sharp blade ship cutting the ship fragment into two.

At this moment, he continued to fall down, passing through two shards of metal that were still shining with red light. Siddy saw a few black shadows flashing past him not far away. It was the emergency escape pod on the transport ship. The oval-shaped escape pod was heading towards the ground. Siddy's eyes turned cold as he used his strength to eject the fragments flying past him. When he approached the nearest escape pod, he raised his hand and shot out three golden rays of light from his fingerbones.

They landed firmly on the outside of the escape capsule. It turned out that it was a towing device. Driven by the towing beam, Siddy "hung" behind the escape ship and landed on the vast earth below. They gradually left the fleet, and the rain of fire that continued to fall behind them grew farther and farther away. When Sidi and a few escape ships drilled into the thick clouds, the Kidd general could no longer see his fleet.

In outer space off Agares, Sirius' fleet is heading towards the base. In the command room, Windsor Belo sat boredom on a chair, grooming her nails with a nail bruise. The captain, who was standing not far away, occasionally sneaked a glance at her, but did not dare to say a word.

Windsor belo sighed and said, "captain, do you have anything to say?"

"Yes, Marshal." The captain hesitated for a moment and said, "It's about the Kidd fleet. The Vitans obviously also intercepted information, but they didn't know that there were actually Gold rank experts in this fleet. I guess they should be Kidd generals, and their rank wouldn't be too low."

"Among the Kidds, there are only a few who can represent themselves in gold. I remember one of them is called Sidi, right? Those few are comparable in combat strength to our General level experts. Alright, there shouldn't be a need to send out a Gold level expert for simple water purification." Windsor Belo tilted her head and said, "Let Mirren investigate the Mechanical Star and see if there's anything strange about the Kidds recently."

Just as he finished speaking, a soldier reported, "Received an urgent communication request from General Millen!"

"Mirren?" Windsor belo nodded and said, "see what he has to do."

Mirren's figure immediately popped up on the big screen in the command room. This adjutant had always been calm, but now there was obvious sweat on his forehead. Although he tried his best to remain calm, the anxiety in his eyes could be seen at a glance. "Mirren," said Windsor Belodge, "what can make you so anxious?"

"Something happened, Marshal!" "Something big has happened. Just now, our Spark, Thunder and Vermillion Bird bases were attacked at the same time. Strangely, none of the three bases had detected any abnormalities. The enemy quietly bypassed the base's security area and launched a sneak attack as if they knew the outpost's layout. At present, we have lost contact with these three bases! "

"What?" With Windsor Belo's calmness, her heart skipped a beat. She jumped up from her chair and asked, "Who ambushed our base?"

"Nelm, Marshal." "According to some footage sent back from Spark Base, the Nelm sent out several fleets, and I saw a main ship. It made me very worried that, according to the signs on the ship, it should belong to one of the Nelm generals, Eusta, known as the 'Cunning'," Mirren replied.

Windsor Belo narrowed her beautiful eyes and said, "The cunning Eustace and the furious Andorra are the left and right arms of the Emperor of Nelm, Cajasso. Since Eustace was involved in this attack, it is not as simple as harassing him. Furthermore …"

"Yes, I don't think it would be strange for the people of Nelm to attack sparks and lightning. But it would be strange for even the Vermillion Bird base to be attacked," Mirren said with a grim expression.

Windsor Belo paused for a moment before saying, "Because the facilities at the Vermillion Bird Base have aged, I'm ready to dismantle and rebuild it. Most of the people at the base have already left. There's no need to attack that base unless …"

"Unless the people of Nelm think that the base is as important as the two bases of Spark," Mirren said on her behalf, "then there will be new problems. What made the people of Nelm make such a judgment?"