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535 – 「I Can’t Make Any Promises…」

「The sixteenth wave has appeared! Spatial tremors continue, the seventeenth wave is expected soon!」

「I’m just about full here…」

「I feel the same…」

「That said, we can’t exactly ignore it…」

After receiving the report of enemy reinforcements from the Holy Vuelzarus Empire Fleet, both Mimi and I couldn’t help but show our exhaustion. Even Kugi was wearing a wry smile, probably feeling much the same as we did.

The Holy Vuelzarus Empire Fleet’s A-class escort ships—fast-moving corvettes and destroyers—had decreased in number considerably. None of them had been destroyed outright, but after facing fifteen waves of enemy assaults, there were more and more ships with moderate to severe damage that were forced to withdraw from the front line. The larger, B and C-class ships were still intact, though.

「Isn’t the Holy Vuelzarus Empire sending any more reinforcements?」

「If they were coming, they’d be here by now… Only the A-class ships are taking damage, so they probably