Euphemia’s usually calm deanor faltered as she gazed upon her opponent’s ch. The opponent’s three chs were most likely on par with hers. Still, the other one was a colossal war machine, towering four tis larger than her star-forged Unicorn.
Its imposing fra glead with layers that seed to absorb the starlight. The hum of its reactor emitted a low, ominous vibration that resonated through the space, a stark contrast to the soft glow of her own ch.
She clenched her fists. Her ch’s radiant blue energy wings flickered a bit due to a slight vibrant energy disturbance. She began to reconsider her decision to challenge this opponent. What had started as a harmless lesson had now spiraled into a potential disaster.
The extravagance of her opponent’s combat power was terrifying. She thought the princes had outsmarted the Guardian of Dream with the duel rules, sadly, no sche could prevail before the true power. The rchant was obviously just a fake identity. With this kind of combat power, even the Emperor would be wary!
The opponent’s colossal ch had yet to fully appear. Yet, if she had to reckon it, that colossal ch was stronger than tier-8, most likely tier-9, or probably on par with the Aegis Emperor’s tier-10 ch!
"Darn! How can I defeat that monster?" Euphemia gritted her teeth as the Guardian of Dream’s leader, Lady El, entered the partially erged colossal ch.
Her confidence and intention wavered as she imagined the embarrassnt of losing in front of an audience. But her pride as the Blue Stellar Princess would not allow her to back down.
She wished to resolve a matter with that young lady, teaching the other party a lesson. Although she did want to bully the other party, she didn’t an any harm. She was just annoyed, hoping to blow off so steam.
"!!!" The three princes gasped in shock. Their opponent was clearly just a newly created rchant backed by Duke-level force, but what appeared before them was definitely not a combat power that even the Archduke and the crown prince could muster for a duel, especially that colossal ch!
"We’re your opponent. We’ll give you a three-minute head start. Feel free to attack us with everything you’ve got." Morfina controlled her ch to the front row, raising her force field and energy shield.
"Don’t say we’re bullying you because it was you who challenged us." Yuuki taunted, ready to beat the princes to a pulp. The ones who tried to defa and harm her master deserve to be punished, but she had to show a bit of respect by letting the opponent attack first, just like the plan.
"You delinquents. If your parents don’t educate you properly, then soone else will teach you a lesson the hard way." iying also ca up with a taunting word.
The opponents defad them and intended to rob them like pirates, and it was ti for a payback. Even though they were still young, perhaps the sa age as her, the wrongdoers would still be punished.
"!?" It was like a trigger that suddenly snapped Althar, Cedric, Lucien, and Euphemia’s minds. The relationship between them and the Emperor was like a sensitive topic.
The Emperor only taught them several basic things on the first day they entered the imperial family. After that, they received imperial facilities as extraordinary people, but everything was not stable.
They should try their best to obtain his guidance. The Aegis Emperor was practically immortal, and they had to get his recognition. It was hard to keep their position as imperial descendants because they could be demoted at any ti.
So had already given up, just like the 10th prince, and because of that, he fell into debauchery, enjoying his privileges while he still could.
Unfortunately, soone suddenly mocked them about their parents who never taught them manners. They didn’t even know their own biological mother and yet, soone who knew nothing about them simply mocked them as if they, the imperial descendants, were nothing but rascals!
"What audacity! What gives you the right to say that?" Lucien was the first to snap in a fury. He took off at full speed, deploying his tier-7 ch into a full offensive.
The match started once they arrived at this Stellar Domain, and he unleashed one of his ultimate moves right away, aiming for the weakest ice dragon-like ch. "Whirlwind Burst!"
"!?" iying yelped in surprise as the spiraling whirlwind exploded in front of her, sending a violent jolt that made her dizzy. Thankfully, her ch was so sturdy.
She had yet to recover, and the enemy’s ch had already landed on top of her, about to crush her into pieces.
*Bam!*
"Your opponent is ." Morfina fired an anti-gravity bullet, knocking the enemy off iying.
"i, are you okay?" Elysia spoke via direct line.
"iying here. Everything is fine. I was just shocked." iying quickly recovered as she did not want to embarrass herself.
"Focus on defending as planned. Your ch is on par with theirs. If the opportunity arises, counterattack and parry them." Elysia reminded about the plan in case iying suddenly wanted revenge.
"iying understands." iying nodded in reply.
After hearing that, Elysia took control of her ch to exit the void.
"All green." Xentia looked back and gestured with an ok hand gesture.
Elena and Ai nodded in response as they had already taken control of their parts via the drive core in their hands, connecting to the one in Elysia’s palm.
As for this occasion, they limited the EMC XN-EL’s combat prowess as they wished to test the ch’s support capability for a direct confrontation.
It might be considered a cheat because the ch itself was already overpowered and controlled by four pilots, but the others couldn’t possibly know it because the cockpit was actually a spatial command center, separated in a mini space inside the ch’s chest.
The mont the colossal ch stepped into the battle arena, the air grew heavy with its sheer presence. Towering above everything, the ch’s shadow seed to engulf the field with its imnse form and palpable aura of dominance.
Opponents who had been confident a mont ago felt their resolve waver. Their expressions betrayed their uneasiness as they adjusted their stances. The pressure was imnse as if gravity itself had doubled in their vicinity.
In the stands outside the Stellar Domain, the audience sat in stunned silence as their awestruck gazes fixed on the gargantuan war machine. Whispers of admiration and fear rippled through the crowd. For a mont, all eyes were on the colossus. The first thing that crossed their minds was this rchant was an unmistakably hidden powerhouse they shouldn’t ss with, and the four imperial descendants would be fucked up for sure.
"My ships, my crew, and my contracts are protected under Aegis interstellar laws. To make things difficult for us, I suggest you should be prepared to face the consequences. Princess Euphemia, feel free to co to . I shall accompany you and resolve your dissatisfaction." Elysia beckoned the one-horned, bluish-white angel-like ch to co to her with one hand while holding a massive magic staff in the other.
"!?" Euphemia was initially anxious because she believed she ssed with soone she shouldn’t offend. That ch was most likely tier-10, but once she realized it was apparently not the offensive-class, but the support-class, she smirked with renewed vigor. "Don’t underestimate , young lady. Let’s see how long it takes for you to realize that the colossus ch of yours won’t save you."
"Let see how you’ll teach a lesson." Elysia faintly smiled. "Yuuki, Morfi, i, I leave the other three to you. Greater buffs, activate."
After saying that, she raised her magic staff high, casting multiple buffs over the three ch guardians in front of her.
"Leave them to us, master." Yuuki went on standby at the right wing position.
"I’ll be your shield. We’ll focus on defense and counter. They can never break past us." Morfina strengthened her shield and force field.
"None shall pass us." iying nodded in reply.
"Good, but let that bluish unicorn face . She has a personal grudge that I don’t quite understand." Elysia pointed at Euphemia’s ch.
"Understood." Yuuki and Morfina replied in unison.
In that instant, a series of attacks ca from the opposing side, raining down on their energy shields and force fields.
"Half-blood, you must take down that colossus support ch imdiately! That thing buffed the entire party!" Cedric shouted out as he engaged in the mid-range combat, trying to penetrate the defense of the three defenders.
"You don’t have to tell what to do!" Euphemia pursed her lips, feeling displeased. Even so, she still flew forward to et the massive ch in the opponent’s backline.
Surprisingly, the three defenders just let her pass, or perhaps, they were too busy defending against the three princes’ onslaught.
"Do you know why the support-class should always stay in the backline and need other classes to make it work? It’s because this class is the weakest, especially for individual combat power." Euphemia hovered before the colossus. It was sure big, but that was all of it.
"Hehe~ Then, kindly show ." Elysia chuckled a bit.
Her ch held a large magic staff, four tis larger than Euphemia’s ch. It could bonk any opponent’s ch and make the pilot out of consciousness in just one swing. The battle could end anyti, but it wouldn’t be fun.
"I’ll show you that your arrogance will bite you. Three-minute head start... I don’t know where your confidence cos from, but you’re going to cry in these three minutes! Don’t bla if your ch is destroyed in this duel! Unicorn, switch to all-out assault mode!" Euphemia grinned and switched to a full offensive mode.
Since she had a three-minute head start where opponents would only defend, then she had to put all her might into attack, ignoring defense.
Her ch’s circuits and joints glowed bright blue, and she aid her cannon at the colossal ch before her. The distance between them was only six hundred ters, and she aid right at the head.
*Swoosh!* *Boom!*
A massive explosion engulfed the colossal ch, but amidst the flas of the explosion, a fireball shot out like a teor, flying past Euphemia’s ch, almost grazing her ch’s energy wings.
*Kaboom!*
The fireball exploded and shattered a massive asteroid in the distance, but a mont later, it caused a crazy supergravity suction force.
"What’s that?! You said you would give a three-minute head start where you wouldn’t attack!" Euphemia shrieked out as her ch got sucked. She quickly spread her energy wings and pushed the propellers to maximum output to escape the supergravity explosion.
"Yes, but that doesn’t an we’ll just sit back and let you do whatever you want. We’ll parry and counter your attacks. I’m a mid-range and close combat mage now." Elysia swung her arm, dismissing the remaining smoke and fire to clear the view.
"Not even a scratch?" Euphemia was surprised. The previous shot consud 10% of her energy reserve, and yet, it caused no damage...
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