...
For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn't know what kind of expression to make. He could only sigh. "This is really..."
After flying a bit further, they were approaching the Imperial Capital...
Streaks of missiles with fiery tails came hurtling toward them.
'I knew it... But still!' Chu Bamboo felt a sense of surreality. He'd heard the lock-on warning before, but it had turned out to be the Ancestor. To be honest, he had almost mistaken the Ancestor for an incoming missile... 'Now, *this* is how it's supposed to be!'
Chu Bamboo pressed his lips together and issued the command.
Instantly, the drones swarmed forward, either opening fire to provide cover or ramming the missiles directly.
Chu Bamboo counted silently. After several volleys, at least forty or fifty medium-sized drones had been shot down... and even so, one small missile finally broke through the interception and blasted straight through the drone carrier—
