My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 643: Space Mission Deployment

To follow the divination, ES Nirvana used a spatial warp to an asteroid belt over twenty light years away. It passed the cosmic storm and arrived at its destination in minutes. Thanks to the divinities on board, no spatial turbulence or damage occurred.

In a remote path outside the secluded asteroid belt, a merchant’s spaceship fleet marched in a defensive formation, trying to avoid the space monsters that had somehow gotten in their way.

Unfortunately, the space monsters noticed the merchant’s spaceship fleet and immediately attacked. Since a clash was inevitable, the entire fleet prepared for battle. The merchant fleet launched a counterattack in a defensive formation, trying their best to protect the cargo ships. However, the situation soon became unfavorable to them, especially since a space pirate fleet ambushed them from behind.

"Is that the same merchant you encountered in Quadtria last year, Xen?" Lynn pointed to the space battle in the distance.

"The logos on their spaceships are different from the ones I encountered in Quadtria’s solar system. They’re from a different faction, but that doesn’t matter." Xentia paid close attention to the merchant’s banner and then observed the space battle.

The merchant fleet got sandwiched. It would only take less than an hour for the merchant fleet’s defensive formation to be destroyed.

According to her master’s description, this merchant fleet consisted of various non-humanoid aliens, and the leader was a humanoid blue octopus with four arms and legs. Also, this merchant’s logo resembled a comb which also resembled a blue octopus with four legs.

"Let’s help them out, but don’t send a battleship as a decoy in disguise. We’ll go with ES Nirvana straight away." Elysia made a steeple of her fingers on the command seat.

"Affirmative." Xentia relayed her master’s command to everyone. She obeyed the order unconditionally.

If her master hadn’t told her beforehand, she would obviously send a mid-tier battleship to test the water, but since her master already said it, then she might as well flaunt ES Nirvana’s prowess.

"Aren’t those space monsters a bit strange? It’s as if they were purposely led here to intercept this merchant fleet." Rhea voiced her suspicion.

"The pirates are most likely the culprits. However, that won’t change the result." Elena clapped her hands. "Attention, since the pirates went out to rob, then they should be ready to be robbed. We’ll use them to test our mechs and grab the bounty. Capture them all!"

"Oh, yeah. Action time!" Sylvia punched the air, ready to fight.

"I’ll side alongside you. Let’s form a party of five for our battle formation. Huhu, I’m feeling a bit nervous." Evelyn grabbed Ella’s arm and invited Dory, Lynn, and Ariel to her party.

Erina and Mio also felt a bit insecure. Thus, they went to team up with Morfina and Yae.

"Okay, there’s four of us. A perfect formation requires at least five. Lyla, please join us for this hunting quest. We shall destroy some monsters and bad guys together." Morfina reached out to the quiet Lyla.

"Err..." Lyla originally wanted to stay behind as a mechanic, but Morfina invited her kindly, and she couldn’t refuse it. "Alright..."

"Can we test our divine-tier exclusive mechs as well?" Xentia kindly asked the Goddesses to take part in this rescue mission.

"Hmm, why not? But, since we will all be dispatched, ES Nirvana will be rather vulnerable, right? You’ll even be going with Ely in that massive mech." Fortuna felt a bit worried because Elysia chose a different approach from the divination.

"Everything is safe. ES Nirvana is empowered by the Xen System and protected by Elysium Channel with a multi-layered security mechanism. Even in the foreseeable future, our system cannot be hacked back by the Imperial Palace’s system." Xentia felt proud to mention it.

"Well, that’s true. Then, shall we go now? They will be destroyed if we are late." Fortuna pushed the disturbing thoughts aside, putting faith in Elysia’s decision even though it slightly altered the situation from the one they had already divined.

Since everyone would be dispatched for a mission and to test the latest mechs, the chosen mechs were moved in queues to be launched out, ready with full weaponry to crush the space monsters and pirates.

The pilots were already on standby in their respective cockpits, waiting for their turn to launch. Their hearts were pounding with excitement and anticipation because the real mission was coming sooner than they thought. They had just gone through the simulation a few minutes ago, but the real deployment was already here.

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The space merchant fleet, a convoy of freighters carrying precious cargo through the vast and treacherous expanses of the galaxy, was nearing the end of their route when disaster suddenly struck them. Their journey had been relatively smooth up until now, but as they entered the seemingly safe nebulous route, emergency danger alarms began blaring across the fleet.

Out of the swirling mists of the nebula, colossal space monsters emerged. Their colossal size, bigger than their biggest cargo ship, added with those menacing forms, inflicted waves of terror through the crew.

These creatures had scales harder than titanium and energy-resistant hides that reflected even the fleet’s strongest defensive lasers. The monsters roared like predators before the prey and attacked with a brutal, relentless assault.

The fleet scrambled to defend, firing everything they had. Beams of light streaked, colliding with the space monsters. However, it was like firing pebbles at the moving steel walls. The beasts pressed forward, tearing apart smaller freighters as the larger spaceships desperately tried to regroup. Before they could reorganize their formation, the situation grew worse.

A space pirate fleet came from behind. The pirate’s menacing ships emerged out of their hiding spots.

Seeing the merchants cornered by the monsters, the pirates seized the opportunity for an easy plunder. Their plasma cannons opened fire, targeting the defenseless rear freighters while grappling hooks latched onto their hulls.

Caught between the monstrous creatures ahead and the ruthless pirates behind, the merchant fleet commander took off his hat, knowing his fleet’s fate had been sealed for doom.

The crew shouted in frantic orders, trying to hold the line, but morale was rapidly crumbling. Fear and despair gripped everyone. The remaining ships got their shields flickering under the relentless assault and started to fall one after another.

"It’s over for us, huh... Who would have thought that my merchant fleet would be wiped out today?" The fleet commander sighed as he took out the self-destruct command core.

He made a tough decision, but he was ready to blow up the remaining spaceships to take the space monsters and pirates to hell with him, even though it would cost him everything, including his remaining crew and his life.

Regardless of anything, he couldn’t allow the pirates or anyone else to obtain the things his fleet was transporting.

When all hope seemed lost, a deep hum reverberated through the void.

A shadow loomed from the distance, growing larger and larger until a massive mothership emerged from hyperspace. Its size was unbelievably huge, resembling a moving city, with a vessel unlike anything anyone had ever seen.

Despite its enormous size, its design radiated power and sophistication, bristling with advanced weaponry capable of destroying a star and planet. Its appearance alone was enough to make everyone freeze in shock, and once it arrived, nobody dared to move, including the space monsters and pirates.

The mothership hovered above the half-destroyed merchant fleet, and Elysia reached out to communicate to the merchant fleet commander via telepathy because she couldn’t understand the alien’s language in this galaxy yet. "This is the ES Nirvana. We offer our assistance. Do you accept?"

Desperate and out of options, the fleet commander replied in a solemn tone. "Yes, please help us!"

The response was immediate. One of the massive mothership’s main cannons charged, glowing with an ominous light that intensified until it unleashed a calamity laser beam. The beam sliced through the void like a fiery blade, obliterating almost all space monsters in a single, devastating shot. The remaining creatures recoiled in fear, momentarily stunned by the overwhelming display of insane firepower.

But ES Nirvana was not done with just that. Its hangar bays opened, releasing dozens of mechs equipped with the latest cutting-edge technology. These powerful machines, piloted by elite warriors, descended upon the remaining monsters and pirates.

The mechs launched a coordinated assault against the space monsters. They used weapons designed to bypass the monster’s energy-resistant hides with modified kinetic spears and anti-gravity grenades before they could deal true damage with their anti-matter cannons.

The space monsters howled in agony as one after another fell to the relentless onslaught. Meanwhile, other mechs turned their attention to the pirates, disabling the pirate fleet with electromagnetic blasts. The pirate fleet was outmatched and overwhelmed. Knowing there was no way out, they surrendered rather than face total annihilation.

"Capture them all. These pirates are known as Swashbuckler. Make sure the pirate’s higher-ups don’t escape. They carry a higher bounty when captured alive." Elysia relayed her command to all units.

"Affirmative!" "Roger!" "Okay!" "Alright!" "Mkay, master!"

The pilots responded in confirmation.

"Shall we go to take down the bigger one over there? That one is just watching from afar. We need to kill it so we can proceed with our plan." Elysia put her hands near her chest, bringing closer the drive core to control her new mech.

"EMC XN-EL is ready to launch." Xentia activated the mech system and grabbed the handlebars. She bent down as if she were riding a racing motorcycle.

The seventy-meter-tall EMC XN-EL had yet to launch, lagging behind the others. She initially thought she would get no chance for action with her master, but fortunately, a particular random world-level boss monster lurked in the distance, and they should eliminate it.

"..." Elysia glanced down, feeling a little awkward since her command seat was right behind Xentia. She got a clear view of Xentia’s back, especially those ripe, plump cakes...

She wondered why Xentia came up with this placement and design.

"Xen is rather naughty with this invention. Why does she only have this mechanic in this exclusive mech’s spatial cockpit? Is she thirsty? It’s as if she is begging to be touched." Elena floated next to Elysia, also carrying a similar drive core on her palm. She observed Xentia with a judgemental gaze.

"Agreed. She had everything planned." Ai nodded in agreement, labeling Xentia as a naughty girl.

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"EMC XN-EL depart!" Xentia was shy, but she wouldn’t admit it.

*Swoosh!*

The seventy-meter tall mech launched through the VIP hangar’s runway, spreading its eight turbo wings, and shot out of the ES Nirvana with an impressive speed, flying directly towards the lurking world boss monster. It engaged in a frontal assault directly with a finisher strike as the opening attack.