( Yuuki's POV )
When I saw that Ichika was caught, I pointed my free hand forward and used a gravity push to push Tsukiumi away from me and I used one of my tails to pull Ichika out of the sphere of gravity that was containing him and put him next to me.
Yuuki: Pay attention to the unit's arms. If you use Ignition Boost at the last moment, you should be able to dodge the gravity grab.
Ichika: O-okay, thanks.
When I gave Ichika advice, Tsukiumi's sphere drones split open and released small but powerful missiles, I used consecutive ignition boosts to dodge and at the same time I destroyed half of their drones with my sword, I stopped by dragging my feet on the ground then I used the laser on my sword to attack Tsukiumi but she was able to deflect the attack with her katana, that attack wasn't fully charged but that wouldn't have made the difference with Tsukiumi.
If we could use our powers, this would be more difficult, but in pilot skills, I was better than Tsukiumi.
I flew towards Tsukiumi, and she tried to use her drones to attack me again, the drones opened up again, but instead of firing missiles, saw-like rings of energy were created around them.
I used my tails to keep the drones at a distance and our encounter turned into a simple sword fight, my swings were very heavy but before I could land a good hit some missiles came from behind me, I fired back with my sub arms and after stopping the missiles one of the drones passed my tails and cut off my left sub arms.
Ichika had lost her battle with Kanzashi and now I had to finish the battle before the girls overwhelmed me, I opened my sword but instead of shooting I threw it to catch Tsukiumi's katana and send it stuck into the wall, then I flew over the two girls, I enclosed them in gravity spheres and crashed them against each other, then I fired normal and energy bullets until the victory siren sounded.
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When our fight was over, we gathered in the stands to watch the battle between Cecilia and Momo against Cecilia and Charl, which was next.
They came out one by one in their new units, first was Momo, her unit was very similar to Tsukiumi's but in silver and blue, she had floating hexagons that worked in the same way as her sacred gear, and in her hands, she had a pair of sub-machine guns that she could exchange for a shotgun.
Then Cecilia came out, her unit was an improved version of her old unit, with twice as many drones available and omnidirectional thrusters to be able to change position after each shot, In addition to her laser rifle, she had a long rapier with an energy-absorbing function just like my sword.
On the opposing team, Laura appeared with an upgraded version of her old unit, with a missile launcher on the shoulder opposite his main weapon, with one of my swords chained to her right arm, It could split its blade into four parts and transform into a kind of hook, which when it caught an enemy could absorb its energy and release it in a short-range explosion.
The last one was Charl, her unit's most notable change was a pair of sub-arms with a pair of pile bunkers hidden under her armor, her arsenal had been expanded, and her unit could transform into a heavy assault form, which basically made her a flying tank.
The girls already had their targets marked and when the battle began, Laura and Charl flew near the walls of the arena on opposite sides, and they fired at the same time, Momo used her shield drones to block the attacks and Cecilia flew high to counterattack, her two rocket launchers were replaced by two grenade containers which she drops at Laura and Charl.
Laura raised her hand to the sky and used her unit's special ability, the AIC barrier that canceled the inertia of an attack, and with Regina's improvements, the area of the barrier increased quite a bit, and she was able to block Cecilia's attack.
On the ground, Momo shot at Laura, but Charl equipped a pair of shields to protect Laura, Momo was the most inexperienced pilot, and Charl was able to fire back between her shield drones to do some damage.
Cecilia, when she saw that her partner was in a tight spot, flew to give her support, using her thrusters along with her rifle, she moved in an arc around Charl, Cecilia fired three times and then flew straight at Charl with her rapier.
Chatl raised her shield, but Celica just smiled, and with a quick thrust, she pierced her shield, an energy sphere was created at the tip, and moments before firing, Laura grabbed Charl with her hook cables to pull Charl to her side, barely missing the laser by a few millimeters.
The skills of all of them were not far apart from each other, with Cecilia and Laura at the forefront of the others, I guess they were very serious about the matter of their rematch.
It seemed like things were going to be decided the moment a team loses a member, I would like to cheer them on, but I couldn't take favorites here, I could only observe.
Laura firmly planted her unit in the ground and began to charge a powerful attack with her improved railgun, this attack was much more powerful than before but it needed time to charge, this was an opportunity for the other team but Charl got in the way and activated her heavy assault form, She was completely encased in a mecha suit, she had two machine guns and two shotguns in her hands and mounted on her shoulders a missile launcher and a double Gatling gun.
I could see that things were going to end soon.