The death of the Empire's King of the East became completely understandable due to Ji Xinghe's irrationality.
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The mercenary mecha army, composed of more than three thousand mechas and over twenty mercenary groups, was half destroyed in just over an hour of battle.
Their performance and that of the Independent Group were two complete extremes.
This had little to do with the levels of mechas equipped by both sides, since the Imperial mechas they faced, except for the Prince Mecha piloted by the King of the East and the six Duke Mechas, all the remaining four hundred imperial mechas were conventional standard-type mechas.
To confront the Independent Group, the King of the East truly gave his all before, leaving only such a small mecha force at a transition base to defend. What more could he do?