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The Souya Heads for the South Pole part 2

Talos and Laelaps tried to concentrate their fire on the Pegasus—but fighter craft kept hurling themselves in, blocking the line of attack.

「…I’m sorry.」

Yutong ground her teeth. Even so, a stray laser struck Pegasus’s back and took the left wing. Structurally she was slung beneath a rocket, so she purged the booster.

Even with only the Detonation Drive she could still fly. Kicking the ground now and then to make slight adjustments, she all but maintained a shallow glide.

Beneath the Arctic Ocean, the crew of the Astraea could do nothing but watch.

Athena’s Aimer checked the Pegasus’s MCS.

「Confirmed: the Pegasus is carrying the soul-data of five Asia cores. Splendid. Kelly, Yunlan—once we retrieve the Pegasus, their plan is foiled.」

Fighters kept ramming Talos and Laelaps in an unbroken stream.

It was plain the Familias piloting them had triggered Prometheus’s Fire.

「Prometheus’s Fire? Asia’s Aimer forbade its use.」

「It can’t be helped. That’s a thing that activates