Legacy of Earth

Chapter 20 - The Next Phase

It had been only thirty seconds since the fighting had begun and they were already being cornered. The mercenaries of the T.C.S. are no match against the professional soldiers, Alon is convinced that with how easily the mercenaries are being picked off left and right the troops they're facing off aren't even the Elites.

Despite the gap in terms of quality Alon and Tsuna had tried their best in managing the battle. Alon with the aid of Marina worked as a team once more with Alon handling both the Vulcan Rifle and the Gun-Blade while Marina helped aim the Railguns allowing them to damage the Hussars as best as they can, meanwhile Tsuna is perhaps finally reaching his apex in terms of piloting now that he has his unit allowing him to combine attacks with the Kinetic Shotgun and the Bean Sniper Rifle with the new head providing him with a far larger range of aiming.

But that did little for their allies who were still inexperienced in taking on the Elite of the Principality.

"Help!" One Mercenary shouted as she was shot down while Alon was fending off three Hussars, the fact that they were all armed in the same way as the Hussar that nearly killed Tsuna as all of them had bulkier armour and a pair of heavy beam rifles that can be fired together to create a larger beam that the modified Kataphracts and Knights could not even be able to withstand.

Just five minutes! Alon thought as he continued to manoeuvre against the firing lines of the Hussars but his unit was slowly getting picked off one after another. The plan was that they need to buy them five minutes for Dain, Elesfor and the others to make their way inside the Vasi Sakti and plant the explosives and vacate the station. But from the way things are going, they can't even last a minute against them.

Forget five minutes! Alon changed his mind as he finally managed to take down his second Hussar. We're not gonna—

"Incoming!"

Alon turned to find himself staring down the pair of the Barrels used by the Hussar but before it can fire at him it was impaled from behind with a Beam Saber killing them from behind.

"Sorry, I'm late!"

He looked up to find Ars inside a Zio who interestingly had the Dark blue and green colours of the Memento Mori while armed with a high mobility flight backpack, a Physical Shield with a pair of Kinetic Gatling Guns, a Beam Rifle and a pair of Beam Sabers. This version of the Zio might be what the true potential that Filia wanted, as a handful of other Zios entered the battle zone equipped with the same set of weapons as they began to turn the tide of the skirmish.

"What's going on? Is the Istar-Zuhayir fighting against the Principality?" Alon asked in confusion as he flew alongside Ars and the two worked together in taking out Hussars one after another.

"Nope, my Military Organization Wild Hunt—" Ars paused for a moment to press the Gatling Shield into a cockpit and opened fire "—has officially combined with Memento Mori to end the war between the Principality and the Sovereign!"

"Works for me!" Alon replied as he unfolded the Vulcan Rifle and opened fire at a Hussar and proceeded to impale them with the Blade. "We just need to buy them time for Fenrir and the others to plant the explosives in taking out the Vasi Sakti."

But just when they are finally able to turn the tide, an oncoming Carrier of Principality Mechs entered the battle zone and began to deploy a squadron of Mechs to support their troops. Alon scowled as he swapped to the Sniper rifle and aimed at the bridge and fired, while his aim isn't on the same level as Tsuna's just yet but the shot landed near the hangar allowing him to easily take out the oncoming Knights that were still preparing for launch.

"Charges are set! We're requesting a retrieval!" Dain called through the communications.

"Aqua can you escort the ships in getting out of the Vasi Sakti?" Alon asked Marina who was busy managing the Railguns. "Way ahead of you," Marina responded as the Railguns of the L.A.M.I.A. unfolded and then began to detach themselves from the ReZio leaving Alon with just the Vulcan Gun and the Gun-Blade and flew out into the warzone as a pair of shuttles and Zios escorted them as they got nearer into the Station.