The Grax military recovered quickly from the shock, returning to action with a vengeance. Zealous cries of outrage rang out as they concentrated fire on Cleansing Light, filling the air with bursts of light and explosions as their attacks detonated against its shielding.
[Shields at 50 percent and falling] the computer informed Max as he turned to place his shield between the main attacks and his Mecha, then unleashed the defensive Lasers and half the Disruptors with reduced power so that he could increase his rate of fire.
Explosions blossomed all through the Grax lines as Cleansing Light tore through their out-of-date Mecha, with the Second Company rising up out of cover to join in the offensive.
In under a minute, the Grax lines broke, and the Mecha fled at full speed back into the city behind the reinforced rockcrete walls, which could take the sustained attack of a Heavy Mecha company for hours on end.