Chapter 10: First Awakening

The Archangel continued to advance toward the rendezvous coordinates with the Eighth Fleet.

Because of his help in covering Lacus's escape, Kira highly recognized Li Boyong.

However, he couldn't help but curiously ask Li Boyong privately why he wanted to help. Li Boyong naturally said it was because he didn't like the practice of using civilians as hostages, and he happened to encounter Kira's action, so he helped out.

This kind of answer, while resolving Kira's doubts, also brushed a wave of Kira's favorability.

At the same time, Li Boyong also got along well with Mu. After all, both of them had a kind of old-oiler-like pilot temperament, their tempers were very compatible, and they both liked to watch adult magazines in the pilot lounge together, and incidentally tease the innocent boy Kira.

The three pilots of the Archangel got along very harmoniously.

Unfortunately, for some reason, he was targeted by Badgiruel. Because of Li Boyong's lazy personality, he was lectured by Badgiruel several times in a day.

Obviously Mu and Li Boyong had the same virtue, but because of the rank, Badgiruel was not easy to "offend the superior."

However, she didn't have to be so polite to Li Boyong. Even if both were Second Lieutenants, Badgiruel had the duties of a First Officer, and theoretically could manage Li Boyong, so Li Boyong, who had the same virtue as Mu, received double the scolding.

In short, the friendly orphan Li Boyong, through the Lacus incident, was successfully integrated into the Archangel.

It's just that on the eve of the Archangel's rendezvous with the Eighth Fleet, the ZAFT forces' Laurasia-class arrived as scheduled.

"It really came. At this time, I really hope the plot will change a little."

After hearing the alarm of first-level combat readiness, Li Boyong followed Mu straight to the hangar.

He changed into his pilot suit, boarded his Mobius, and the system mission followed.

【Mission】

Hit the Blitz three times in the upcoming battle. (Completing the mission rewards 1 battle merit point, failure deducts 1 battle merit point.)

This time there were no words like failure erasure, but there was an extra reward called battle merit points, which is estimated to be used to exchange for skills and the like in the future.

The functions of this system are gradually increasing, but it's like squeezing toothpaste, slowly, which makes people a bit unhappy.

After Mu first piloted the Zero to sortie, Li Boyong's Mobius followed closely, and finally Kira's Strike.

And the Laurasia-class dispatched the Duel, Buster, and Blitz, three G-series machines.

Yzak's Duel quickly targeted the Strike, and then let the Buster and Blitz attack the Archangel.

The Strike and Duel fought fiercely, while Mu used the weakness of the Buster's poor mobility to continuously harass it with the gun barrel, entangling the powerful Buster.

Then Li Boyong saw the Blitz activate the Mirage Colloid and turn invisible.

Li Boyong was dumbfounded...

Speaking of which, it seems something is wrong.

Is it going to be a problem to assign combat opponents like this?

I pilot a mass-produced ordinary Mobius, and single-handedly fight the Blitz?

After the opponent activates the Mirage Colloid and turns invisible, I have no means of attack at all. As long as I am accidentally hit by the Blitz's sneak attack once, it is basically GG.

Can't fight one-on-one, otherwise I will be beaten to the ground.

Thinking of this, Li Boyong immediately turned around and returned to the Archangel's anti-aircraft fire zone while maneuvering. Only by relying on the Archangel's covering fire could he have a chance to survive.

During this period, he suffered several sneak attacks from the Blitz. It seems that Nicol, who piloted the Blitz, intended to finish off Li Boyong, the grunt, first, and then attack the Archangel without interference.

Thanks to Li Boyong's alert maneuvering, he dodged all the Blitz's attacks and safely returned to the vicinity of the Archangel.

"Tch."

Seeing this, Nicol, who piloted the Blitz, didn't continue to attack the Mobius, but circled around and selected the Archangel as the target.

However, the Blitz was an Earth Alliance machine after all, and he knew every aspect of it very well. So the Archangel used anti-beam depth charges to block the Blitz's several sneak shots, and calculated the approximate position of the Blitz through the position and angle of the beam shooting, and conducted fire coverage.

The Blitz was forced to appear and activate the PS Armor.

Although the Mirage Colloid is awesome, it cannot be activated at the same time as the PS Armor, which is a weakness that can be grasped.

However, after the Blitz activated the PS Armor, it didn't suffer any damage. Just when it was planning to sneak again to find an opportunity, Li Boyong took the opportunity to use the Railgun to rub a hit on the Blitz.

After the hit, Li Boyong immediately opened the distance.

Pretended to be cool and ran away, really exciting.

The Blitz ignored the Mobius and continued to sneak attack the Archangel several times. Although it didn't achieve any results, it forced the Archangel to make several evasive maneuvers.

The Laurasia-class in the rear seized the opportunity and continuously shelled the Archangel, achieving several hits.

Fortunately, the Archangel was equipped with Laminated Armor, which had strong resistance to beam attacks.

The Archangel had no choice but to adopt irregular evasive activities to dodge the Laurasia-class's shelling.

However, irregular evasion is very effective for dodging long-range shelling, but it's hard to say for the Blitz hiding nearby.

Nicol found an opportunity. When he was close enough to the Archangel, he turned off the Mirage Colloid and used the PS Armor to resist the Vulcan Cannon's attack and approached the Archangel.

Li Boyong also tried to force the Blitz back with the Railgun, but this time the Blitz's action was very determined, just opening the PS Armor to resist Li Boyong's attack.

After the Blitz landed on the deck below the Archangel's bridge, the Archangel's attack couldn't reach the Blitz, and although Li Boyong achieved another hit, he didn't dare to continue shooting.

The Blitz had PS Armor to resist, and the Mobius's attack had no effect at all. Instead, it was easy to accidentally injure the Archangel. The Archangel didn't have PS Armor, and the Blitz was right under the bridge, so the position was a bit sensitive.

After the Blitz landed, it gave the Archangel a face-to-face... (censored), and the firepower was released very happily.

Scared, Miriallia on the bridge hurriedly sent a call for help to Kira.

After Kira saw that the Archangel was in danger, he showed the ability of SEED for the first time.

After exploding the seed, he slashed the Duel's waist with a sword, and continuously maneuvered to dodge the Duel's pursuit, then used the beam to force the Blitz back, and at the same time supplemented with a knee strike, making the Blitz lose control for a short time.

Li Boyong hurriedly supplemented the Blitz with a Railgun shot to complete the system's mission.

【Mission】

Hit the Blitz three times in the upcoming battle. (Completed, received 1 battle merit point reward.)

Li Boyong, who received the system prompt, continued to watch Kira show off his power. The Strike faced the pursuing Duel, turned around and inserted the tactical knife into the Duel's already injured waist, directly triggering an explosion in the Duel's cockpit. Yzak, the white-haired brother, suffered damage to his face in a double sense.

And at the same time, the main force of the Eighth Fleet approached quickly, and the ZAFT forces had to retreat temporarily. ===== CHAPTER 11 =====