“Princess… Here are the set of reports regarding the attacks on the military outpost in the southeastern side of the Tokyo Settlement st night.”

  “Hah… Yet another one, huh…?”

  elia let out a deep sigh as she sat in her office within the Viceroy pace at the ter of Tokyo Settlement. To his side, his knight, Guilford, had just given her a file with several pages of dots, detailed reports regarding the attad the damages they suffered.

  These kinds of attacks, may it be caused by the JLFs, rioters, or rebel groups, had been happening throughout Japan, with areas around Tokyo Settlement being the most frequent.

  With their internal mobilization strategy and advantages in numbers, ons, and logistics, they were able to fend off the attacks. But not without suffering their own losses.

  And with the frequen which they’re being attacked… some parts of their forces have slowly begun to show some wear and tear.

  “Princess… We know this must be the plot of the Japan Liberation Ford the Bights to thin out our numbers. Would it not be best for us to simply un assault directly to their base…?”

  “We are still uo firm if those “bases” we found are the real ones… If we send our main forces there, our headquarters will be vulnerable to surprise attacks. After everything that happened, we only have enough forces to defend against the growing JLF and Bights’ forces.”

  “Then… Perhaps we simply deta elite task force of the royal guards to strike their base and leave immediately. The Gston knights who had just arrived could-”

  “And what if they enter that jet-bight, the crimson red one, or the pilot who mao stand toe to toe with you?”

  “T-That is…”

  Guilford lowered his head, stepped back, and reflected on his words.

  “I hate to say it… But those three could easily overwhelm eveon Knights. And if they were to fall… We’d truly be uo hold our position here.”

  He ched his fists at his princess’s words, frustrated by the truth of it and how he couldn’t see it before running his mouth.

  If he simply thought of it for a moment longer or thought with a clear mind like he normally would, he would’ve been able to point out the fws in his suggestions easily.

  However, seeing the distressed figure of his princess, the clear exhaustion and stress in her eyes, he simply wao find a solution that could perhaps alleviate her burden slightly.

  But perhaps… The toll on his mind caused by all that has been happening ever sihe Special Administrative Zoragedy had dulled his judgment slightly.

  “Please five me, princess…”

  elia let out a sigh and leaned back to her seat, letting her arms fall down to her arm rest.

  “Don’t mind it. We are all tired. But… We simply o buy some time until my brother mao vihe Japanese.”

  “That… My princess, five me for saying this but… Is that even an option anymore after that… tragedy?”

  “I’m not sure myself, Guilford. With the rise of their military prowess, ey, and unity, and our current situation, it’d be uhat they’ll willingly accept my brother’s terms aisfied with just sharing the nd.”

  “Then…”

  elia g the reports on her desk.

  The ever increasing number of skirmishes. The loss of several important logistic routes. The decreasing number of knightmare frames at their disposal… And their loosening grips on the various eic structures and influen the Japanese.

  These seemingly natural of events that happened due to the tragedy, she knew, were all caused by the JLF, the Kyoto House, and the Bights iy.

  But even though she had tried to mitigate the damage, she still couldn’t stop every single one. Especially all the losses Britannia had suffered iock market and business ses sihen.

  Slowly but surely… It felt as if the grouh her feet was disiing to dust.

  “My princess…”

  “Well that’s enough of that. There’s still lots to do. How is the mustering of Darlton’s army goin-”

  “Yhness!!!”

  Just then, a loud voice that beloo a familiar knight resounded from behind the door.

  “What is it?”

  elia asked in a ster slightly aone from the rudehey speaker had shown her.

  But soon, her annoyaurned into shock when she saw a blond-haired young man, Alfred G. Darlton, the adopted son of Andreas Darlton and member of the Gston Knights who had just e from the mainnd to reinforce elia, came with a clear agitation in his eyes.

  “Yhness… We have just received word from the scouts on the southeastern part of the outer Tokyo Settlement area. They saw a massive number of Japanese Liberation Forces there, marg in this dire! And there were also… ypes of knightmare frames within their ranks we’ve never seen before!”

  “!!!”

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  “So it is time…”

  Zero spoke under his breath as he stared at the massive s before him.

  Mordred, C.C, Karen, Silver, Ainz, Rakshata, Ohgi, and all members of the Bight’s embers had gathered within the bridge of the ship as they flew above the dark clouds.

  To fly above the clouds in su impressive warship that was far more advahan anything other military teology in this world was something that would’ve taken all of their attention aement.

  Or perhaps, to some, flying in the midst of such dark, stormy clouds might evoke a sense of fear and nervousness. Even though they khat the dark clouds were actually a gift from the heavens that allowed them to ceal their prese would still be quite scary to fly in a thuorm, no matter how strong the ship was.

  However, at this moment, all eyes were locked onto the massive s at the forefront of the bridge.

  Even Rakshata’s team, Ohgi, Naomi, Yoshitaka, Kento, and Tatsuya, who were sitting behind the trol pahat trolled Amaterasu’s various onaries and movement systems and preparing for their unch, stopped and watched as the se unfolded before them.

  There were only a few minutes left before the start of the JLF’s assault on the southeastern part of the Tokyo Settlement.

  And on the s, they could see the main force of the JLF’s army preparing to sortie.

  Though the sky was dark with storm clouds looming over the eokyo Settlement, four white, knightmare frames with crimson red ats through its body shined with iridest light as they stood before an army of thousands of foot soldiers, hundreds of tanks and heavy onaries, and hundreds of JLF burais and the ype knightmare frame, Gekka; a knightmare frame first developed by the Bights and ter mass produced by the JLFs with the help of Kyoto House.

  The four white knightmare frames named Akatsuki slightly resembled the Guren in terms of appearance, which it was based on along with its teologies. However, it didn’t have Guren’s rge right hand. Instead, they were all equipped with two shoulder-mounted mae guns, a revolving bde sword, arm-mounted Radiation Wave missiles, and an arm-mouwo barreled handguns in addition to a Hien Souga-type Ssh Harken.

  While standing before the four Akatasuki was a cerulean blue knightmare frame with silver linings across its chest, arms, ahat glimmered uhe light of the sun. In its left hand, it held a massive, long samurai sword, a nodachi, that surpassed even its height and towered over all the other knightmare frames.

  It was the newly fixed and pleted knightmare frame that Rakshata’s team found within the depths of the Amateur's secret hangar.

  The Susanoo, currently piloted by Tohdoh to spearhead the JLF’s attack force against Britannia.

  They all watched in bated silence, and soon… war ensued.

  The JLF uheir offeh Tohdoh and the Four Holy Sword as their spearhead against Britannia’s fortification and reinfort.

  However… Soon, they could clearly see that the “war” had quickly turned into a one-sided annihition in favor of the JLFs.

  With Tohdoh’s skill and the Susanoo, along with the Akatsukis and Gekkas, the Britannians were now tasting how the Japanese felt when they were fag enemies with far more advanced onries in the past.

  But, it was still far from over…

  The Britannians, who had been holding on to their grounds by being defensive, mao buy time for reinforts to e.

  “Zero! Britannia’s main forces are ing as reinforts!”

  “It seems like Darlton and the rumston Knights came to defend it, as expected.”

  “Well, against an army this big with Tohdoh and the Four Holy Swords leading them, the Britannians khey ’t just send out a few battalions.”

  Zero Mordred’s words.

  With how sudden the JLF attacked, it was quite impressive that they mao respond and send in a massive division so soon.

  “The main army must’ve been on stand by as well, which made sehey knew we’re gearing up for a massive offensive, after all~”

  Rakshata ented as she stood with a pipe in her hand.

  “Though, I doubt it’d still be enough to stop my beautiful Susanoo and the other children for long~”

  Her red, luscious lips curled into a wide grin as her eyes narrowed at the figure of the cerulean knightmare culling through multiple suthernds with a single swing of its giant sword.

  Ohgi and the others, seeing how the Akatsukis, and even the Gekkas, overwhelmed the Britannian forces, they had no choice but to agree with Rakshata’s words.

  But, having experienced how powerful the Britannian army was, they held themselves and did not celebrate yet. For if they were to be pt, they could easily lose this ce tain their nds and nation from the Britannians.

  And soon, they were proven right not to be pt.

  The moment Darlton and the main division of the Britannian Army, whicluded the Gston Knights, arrived, the JLFs finally met some resistahat stopped their avanche-like advao the Tokyo settlement.

  “Well then, I’ll go be on standby now.”

  Mordred turned from the s and looked towards Zero, who o him.

  “Alright. I will follow you soon.

  “Sure. Let’s go, Karen.”

  “Mm.”

  He turowards C.C for a moment and locked gaze with her. He nodded, and C.C responded back with a nod and a faint smile, and he left the bridge with Karen.

  Yuuji had spent the ey of st night with C.d made a promise to return to her side when this was over. And although she was still worried, she still decided to trust him.

  “I’ll keep him safe. Don’t worry.”

  Karen approached C.d smiled with determination in her eyes.

  She won’t let anything happen to Yuuji.

  “Mm. You keep yourself safe too.”

  “Thank you.”

  Karen then followed after Yuuji.

  And before they left, Yuuji also approached Ohgi, Tatsuya, and Satoru.

  “I’ll be leaving the Amaterasu to you. I know we’re in a storm, but the ship is strong enough to withstand it. Don’t crash it to the ground on its maiden voyage.”

  “Y-Yes! Of course!”

  “I won’t. You should be careful as well.”

  “I’ll do my best! Mordred, good luck.”

  “Yeah. Let’s end this war.”

  VergsX