The sight of the fiend gave me a new idea.

"Bao'er, do you see the fiend? Let's fly to it," I said.

"Yes, I can see it, but these drones are sticking very close to me. I need to think of a good idea if I really want to help the fiend," said Zhang Bao'er. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at that reply.

"You're saying you can help the fiend? Stop bragging. Just head toward the fiend. We need its help to get rid of these drones," I gave a clear order to make sure that Zhang Bao'er would get the message.

Following my order, our fighters flew rapidly toward the fiend with a swarm of drones following closely behind us. Meanwhile, the fiend was busy killing anything it laid its eyes on. However, the empire was starting to react to our attack. Two battleships were attacking the fiend from two different directions. 

Each of the two battleships was escorted by...