LOTM: Sword of Kings: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine - Liberty City War Arc - Part 1

 LOTM: Sword of Kings Prequel Spinoff 

 LOTM: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine 

 Episode 11 - Liberty City War 

 Liberty City War Arc - Part 1 

 Previous Episode: LOTM: Sword of Kings: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine - Battle of Hearts 

 

Previously on LOTM: Sword of Kings - Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine...
 (Vital Dialogues Only) 

- Reynare: Oh, yes I am, my mistress.

''Reynare smiled sweetly at Eckidina. Eckidina then pounced on Reynare and landed on her bed, kissing and grinding their bodies together. They started to take off their clothes as they made out... However, Reynare stopped when she remembered to ask something.''

''- Reynare: Hey, Eckidina. Since Kyouhei refused to join us, what did you do to punish him?''

Eckidina stopped kissing Reynare and looked at her.

''- Eckidina: Hmm... Since he is in Liberty City, I had a little talk with the Prime Minister of Defense of United States. Kyouhei and KFP will have a little surprise... Hehehe...''

''- Kyouhei: Battles are tough. Our strength isn't in our numbers!''



Killer Frost, who was soaked in blood, smiled at Kannazuki.

''- Frost: Come on! What's got you looking so cheerful, Kyouhei?''

''- Kyouhei: I'm in a good mood. I've always adored the way they fight. Or the way their ancestors did, to be precise. This NOOSE are the descendents of the "American Traders with guns in their pants" who went to South-East Asia after the Cold War II and built a whole world from a mere cover company. But this weak effort is quite a letdown.''

''Kyouhei started walking again and the group followed him. The 2th Division were approaching from behind.''

- Kyouhei: I hope the high-officers will try a bit harder.



''- Frost: Oh my. How can you be so hot when you manage to change your childish personality?''

''The 2th Division started to shoot at the group but Kyouhei's security managed to kill 3 of them, forcing the Division to seek cover. ''

- Kyouhei: Come on, you mean there's even more of them?

''Kyouhe's security killed 2 of them as Kyouhei was talking. Kannazuki turned around and walked forward.''

''- Kyouhei: Whatever. Kill them all!''

''- Azul: Sounds good. I've been waiting for this. I had to go to that Kamina's stupid school. I'll have the power to avenge my family... the power to avenge Atala. I live only for that purpose.''

''Azul stopped in front of a sword and looked at the giant demon face. Haru and Revy walked towards their weapons as well, Haru stopped in front of a bow and Revy stopped in front of two swords.''

Kamina, Ibuki, Natsuki and Sonya watched them about to pick their weapons.

''- Kamina: Draw it. With that it'll begin. Let's start your Battle of Hearts.''

Azul held the sword with all her strength and shouted.

- Azul: Give me your power, you damn demon!

When Azul did that, the spell circle that Azul was standing started the glow red.



''Few seconds later, Vladimir Makarov gave the absolute order of the invasion. All fighters and warships fired hundreds of missiles against the skyscrapers of the city, the missiles quickly reached the 120 skyscrapers structures, blasting them and making dozens of building fall throughout the city. The fighters spread quickly throughout the city bombarding all building, apartments, houses, bridges, railways, roads and factories that they could see. The industrial district was bombarded by 50 fighters, the explosions of missiles exploded several oil boxes, creating an atomic level explosion and destroying half of the industrial district.''

''While the building fall, huge clouds of smoke formed the streets of the metropolis, engulfing thousands of people at once. The helicopters of the police and reporters were quickly slaughtered as 2,000 Multi-Troopers carrier landed in several points of the city and 300.000 drones and KnightWalkers soldiers left the ships and set foot on American soil. ''

''- KnightWalker Radio (Eckidina voice): *Your orders: Kill. Kill all law enforcement officials, all US military and rebels KFP in the state! Beware the areas marked in red on your GPS, these are the areas that our fighters and warships will bomb! Do whatever you want with the civilians, this state will be our amusement park!*''

''The police officers that were surrounding Kyouhei and his group entered in the cars and trucks and immediately were leaving the area one by one; the orders of the leaders were others: defend strategical points of the city with the help of the military. As the KnightWalkers arrived, the crowd that was cheering Kyouhei left quickly running to escape the bombardment.''

Kyouhei looked at Frost again.

''- Kyouhei: Tsk! I was wrong! Eckidina sent her forces to USA! They are literally declaring a new world war!''

''A missile that was fired by a KnightWalker fighter hit the street in front of the building but Killer Frost used a shield of ice and protected Kyouhei from the explosion. After the dust settled, she canceled her ability and looked at Kyouhei.''

''- Killer Frost: We have to leave this country! Now!''

''- Kyouhei: I know! But the NOOSE and LCPD probably destroyed all of our ships and planes at the airport! They did that to prevent us from escaping this country!''

- Killer Frost: So what's your plan?

''- Kyouhei: The KFP is based in two states from USA. Luckly, we have an entire army in Los Santos and they have not yet been to Japan. They're commanded by one of our best Moon Terminator Company's Generals. Let's call him and ask them to rescue us.''

Kyouhei looked at the bodies of his bodyguards that were decapited by Junior Gordon just few minutes ago.

''- Kyouhei: Sorry... guys...''

Kyouhei looked back at Frost again.

- Kyouhei: Frost, your phone!

''- Killer Frost: Eh... Right!''

''- Kyouhei: The Harbor Control Building is near to the beach so they sent a cargo ship there to destroy it. The security is fighting them right now but they will fall. If they destroy the building, all US military communications networks will be destroyed, leaving the United States unprotected from a military attack.''

- Tomas: Jesus...

''- Kyouhei: Tomas and Cassie. Take my elite squad with you, these guys are hardcore. I'm going to stay here and wait for my transport. I'm counting with you.''

Kyouhei summoned a Artificial demonic sword and gave it to Tomas.

- Tomas: This is...!

''- Kyouhei: A Artificial Demon Weapon Level C. This is one of the most low type of Artificial Demon level but I'm sure this will help you. Don't worry, you don't need to make a contract with the Artificial Demon.''

Tomas held the sword and smiled.

''- Tomas: Mr. Kyouhei... Thanks!''

- Kyouhei: Hum.

''Suddenly a huge explosion shook the ground. The explosion came from above.''

- Cassie: What was that?

Kyouhei looked up.



''- Kyouhei: They sent reinforcements. Tomas and Cassie, get my squad and leave the underground base through Emergency Exit. Frost and I will hold them back and protect these people. Once my transport gets in here, more cargo ships will arrive to take them out of the city.''

- Tomas & Cassie: Roger!

''Tomas and Cassie started to run towards the exit as Kyouhei's squad followed them. Kyouhei looked at the group leaving the room''

- Kyouhei: Be well, my friend.

Atala was even more scared, she never knew that Azul had this type of story.

''- Atala: Azul... This is so terrible! How can that monster do that with her?! Those damned rebels are taking advantage of her kindness! I'm going to kill all of them!''

''- Uryuu: Now you've seen the truth about this world. The truth about mankind. ''



- Atala: What are you planning to do with the Tech of the End?

''Atala looked at Uryuu in rage while covering her eyes with her hands. Uryuu simply turned around and looked at the city throught the window.''

''- Uryuu: Of course... rewrite the laws of the reality!''

- Atala: WHA---?!

Atala became pale in a blink of eyes and fell to the ground in her knees.

''- Uryuu: Yes. Isn't it about time we try making our perfect Black Demon? Atala-chan? Let's create a new world.''

''- Unknwon Girl: An annoying one appeared. But, did you think I would give up because of something that trivial?''

''She smiled provocatively. But, the Cyborg girl did not responded and readied the special Laser blade in her hands.''

''- Female Cyborg: * Enemy : Unknown. Race : Unknown. Power : Unknown. Status : Hostile. Unit Lambda-11, activating *''

''Yes, that female Cyborg just said her unit's name. Her name is Lambda-11. Seconds later, the clones deployed around the Unknown Girl, flew towards Lambda all at once. However, once Lambda manipulated her Territory, the movement of the clones dulled for a moment, Lambda took this chance to rush towards Unknown Girl before slashing her body.''



- Unknwon Girl: AhGah!

''Large amounts of blood gushed out from her chest and while looking at the cloudless blue sky, the Unknown Girl fell on her back onto the destroyed roadway full of water. After a few seconds, she could see the loud transporter flying away at the edge of her view.''

''- Unknown Girl: Oh my, oh my... I, really got... taken down, huh...''

Even though she was suffering from hemoptysis, the Unknown Girl's fearless smile did not break.

''- Unknown Girl: But... this is not... the end you know? I will take my mother back... What you foolish humans call "Tech of the End". I'll revive her again... and plunge this galaxy into death! ''

"……………."

''Lambda-11 swung  up. The Unknown Girl’s consciousness was cut off at that moment.''

 - Lambda 11: *Eliminated.*

Part 0
 United States - Liberty City

 Liberty Invasion  10:02 AM



''2 hours had passed since the fight between Junior Gordon and Kyouhei Kannazuki in front of the Committee of Civilization building. With the death of Junior, Eckidina KnightWalker ordered Vladimir Makarov to attack Liberty City to express her anger for having her plan thwarted; her plan to Kyouhei Kannazuki, the man who worked with her 15 years ago.''

''Liberty City was under constant bombardment of the two warships of KnightWalkers flying over the airspace of Liberty City, the ships were flying 10 kilometers above and were releasing large loads of missiles on the city, destroying buildings and skyscrapers. The fall of the buildings generated clouds of smoke and dust across the center of the city, that scenary was something similar to what happened on September 11, 2001, but the situation was very different. There were no planes, terrorists, firefighters or police. All what was over there was pure death, despair, war and destruction. Thousands of people who were in the building were killed. While the ships were bombing the Center of Liberty City, human troops and drones entered the airport and moved through the west side of town.''



''The military and the police entered into combat with the KnightWalkers, however, the result was obvious; the KnightWalker Family's technology is much more advanced than Liberty City Defense Forces. Only the National Army of America has technology advanced enough to fight KnightWalkers.''

''The enemy tanks destroyed all bridges of access to others districts and machine-gunned all civilians and law enforcement officers that appeared in the streets. Right now, 400 tanks were advancing to Chinatown. No matter where people were hiding, firearms shots and lasers were heard in every corner of the city. The KnightWalkers, however, were not only showing effort to kill the police and soldiers, but were cowardly setting fire to homes, buildings and apartments in order to kill civilians. All civilians who entered the crosshairs of the KnightWalkers were killed immediately as if they were the real enemy, that was obvious, because they received direct orders from Eckidina to kill any non-KnightWalker in the city.''



 Liberty City

 Majestic Building

 Conference Underground Room

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10:05 AM



''- Kyouhei: They sent reinforcements. Tomas and Cassie, get my squad and leave the underground base through Emergency Exit. Frost and I will hold them back and protect these people. Once my transport gets in here, more cargo ships will arrive to take them out of the city.''

- Tomas & Cassie: Roger!

''Tomas and Cassie started to run towards the exit as Kyouhei's squad followed them. Kyouhei looked at the group leaving the room''

- Kyouhei: Be well, my friend.

''Just as Tomas and his group vanished through the doorway, an incredibly violent explosion shook the conference hall. Chaotic screaming and the furious din combined to shatter everyone's nerves. Currently, the chaos has not spread to where Killer Forst stood in the foremost row of the judges' seats. Not yet. However, at the current progression, this panic would undoubtedly lead to a stampede with lots of injuries. At this time, Killer Frost had no idea what to do or how to do anything and could only stand there frozen. Kyouhei noticed her reaction and walked towards her.''



''- Kyouhei: Frost, Frost... Caitlin Snow!''

''Kyouhei, who was standing on stage, reprimanded Frost. Hurriedly clambering to her feet, Frost raised her head to the stage. Standing on one side of the stage, Kyouhei took several steps forward, caught Frost's eyes, and spoke to her.''

''- Kyouhei: At this rate, this will descend into a panic with lots of people getting hurt. So please use your power to settle everyone down.''

- Frost: Eh?!

''Kyouhei's words caused Frost's eyes to widen. This was not because she didn't comprehend his meaning.''

''- Frost: But, that... I only use my power in enemies. I might kill someone if I use it here.''



''Frost's magi-tech is Ice. She could interfere with the temperature, mentality of others and is able to clamp down on panic by cooling the body temperature, making it particularly effective in these situations. However, mental and ice interference magi-tech is a highly restricted branch of magi-tech and was not something that someone could wield with impunity. Also if Frost make a wrong step, the temperature will go down too fast and everybody will be going to die frozen in seconds''

''- Kyouhei: Isn't your strength reserved for precisely these sorts of situations? Caitlin, right now we need your power.''

''At this moment, Kyouhei wasn't messing around with his words. He said "Caitlin", and not "Frost". Frost could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times Kyouhei called her by name. Based on this point alone, Frost could tell that Kyouhei was deathly serious and was earnestly requesting her to use magi-tech interference.''



''- Kyouhei: Don't worry about it, I'll take responsibility. My position as leader of KFP isn't just for show.''

''Frost vigorously nodded and turned out, directing her gaze to the squabbling audience. She extended her hand to the bracelet on her right arm and pulled out a small pendant from her bracelet. Frost unclasped the pendant and held it in her left hand.''

''Frost activated emotional interference magi-tech "Calm Ice Scream". -- A clear note that could be heard from front to back spread across the conference hall. This was a hallucinatory sound. It was not air, but a subconscious sound of the tides. It was not the oscillation of psions, but waves of pushions. Everyone thirsted for the clear reverberation the same way a traveler stranded in a murky, foul swap felt the first drop of rain and raised their head to wait the next one. Their entire consciousness was concentrated here. Before the first echo could disappear into the aether, everyone was subconsciously looking forward the next note. People desperately wished for the next sound.''

''At some point, cognitive processing stopped and listening was all that remained. This lasted for a mere 3 seconds. This paltry amount of time was all that was needed for people to switch a state of panic to a trance.''

 - Kyouhei: *I am Kyouhei Kannazuki, the Supreme Commander of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor!*

The suspended consciousness of the audience was drawn by Kyouhei 's voice that was amplified by the speakers.

- Kyouhei: *Right now, we are under attack.*

The voice that captured everyone's attention dropped another sentence that sent everyone's expression from blankness to a state of shock.

''- Kyouhei: *Two KnightWalker warships and an unidentified vessel moored in the harbor is launching rocket attacks. In support of this, mobile forces concealed in the city have also launched their assault.*''



''These were truly astounding words. For Frost, if Kyouhei wasn't the one saying this, she would definitely be skeptical. But, just as Kyouhei himself said, "my position as leader of KFP isn't just for show". If it was her, then she would definitely get wind of the news and based on her standing, she couldn't be sprouting lies. No matter how ludicrous her words were, they must be the truth.''

''- Kyouhei: *Earlier, the malefactors we captured are the invader's comrades. They are the All Jokers, one of the affiliated organizations of KnightWalker Family. Based on the earlier sounds of explosions, the target is likely the politicians and magic-technology in this building.*''

''Kyouhei paused briefly when he reached this point and swept his gaze over the crowd. Everyone was waiting on his words with bated breath.''

- Kyouhei: *As everyone knows, this conference hall has an underground tunnel which serves as an evacuation route to an emergency shelter.*

No one shifted his or her gaze from Kyouhei.



''- Kyouhei: *The emergency shelter has the capacity to hold us all. However, the underground shelter can protect against natural disasters and air strikes. It cannot stand against land based military forces. We suspect that the enemy has invested Cyborgs in the units.*''

''Unfortunately, the outlook for a shelter to last against magi-tech attacks is not positive. Now, everyone present knew of Kyouhei. Regardless of whether it was his appearance, his competition performance, or the meaning behind his name. That was why not a single person derided his depressing outlook as "child's play". Taking in account the might of the "Kannazuki" name, even the senators and governors gave free rein here.''

''- Kyouhei: *That being said, fleeing into the crossfire on the streets would be even more dangerous. However, right now the most dangerous option is to remain here. Security from each state please begin gathering politicians and students from your state. Whether we are going to flee to the shelter or flee the conference hall, there is no time to waste.*''



''A wholly different ruckus spread across the hall. The voices calling out to one another were different in that there was an orderly sequence to them. Kyouhei was about to say something "very wrong" and bit his lips.''

''- Kyouhei: *My apologies to the individuals unaffiliated with the states of American here, but please make your own way to safety. I regret to say that we do not possess the power to guarantee everyone's safety.*''

''This may seem like a ruthless statement, but there were no objections or catcalls. Everyone present was related to magi-tech and military on some level, so when compared to normal plebeians, they generally approached the "abnormal" crowd.''

''- Kyouhei: *If you're heading for the shelter, please take the underground passage immediately. If you wish to flee, there are reports that the coast guard is sending ships to the Balaiea Docks.*''

Kyouhei bowed and cut the mic before turning to Frost.



''- Kyouhei: Frost, I'll leave everyone to you. Security, please assist Frost.''

''Five security from LCPD nodded their heads. On the other side, Frost's eyes widened.''

''- Frost: Eh? And you, Kyouhei?''

Seeing Frost bubbling with questions with widened eyes, Kyouhei smiled and nodded.

''- Kyouhei: It's perfectly clear. Frost, from now on, you're the new current Leader of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor. Don't worry, I know you can do it. After all, you were the one I personally trained for years.''

''- Frost: Leader... But this...''

''- Kyouhei: I'm tired, Frost. I will retire myself from my position as Supreme Commander. Don't worry, I'll not leave KFP. Because... Hehehe... I'll be your secretary now.''

''- Frost: It's kinda... weird... I'm not talking about my position as leader. I'm talking about your position as my... secretary.''

''- Kyouhei: Hahaha...... They are coming, I'll delay them while you take everyone to the shelter.''

''- Frost: Hm! Roger.''

''Kyouhei winked before turning away and hurrying to the entrance. When he left the conference hall, he summoned his Artificial Demon Weapon again as he walked through the hallway.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Majestic Emergency Exit Entrance 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes later 



Directly ahead of the front entrance, assault rifles and magi-tech were exchanging fire.

''The attacking mobile forces all had All Joker faces. They wore high collared tunics and lanky cargo pants of varying colors, much like the terrorists who invaded the conference hall. They were equipped with normal assault rifles and high magi-tech powered rifles.''

''The ones who engaged the mobile forces were professional Magicians employed by the Global Pact Defense. However, given the fact that front entrance was breached, the situation was not in their favor.''

The mobile forces originally had the numerical advantage and now had anti-Magician armament, which was why several combat Magicians, who were typically a target that infantry with normal load outs could not approach, were lying wounded on the ground.

''- Magician 1: What you guys are waiting for?! There are only 12 of them!''

''- Magician 2: They have magi-tech rifles! We are luck they are not Cyborgs!''



''Advancing forward, Tomas, who was now using his combat armour, stopped in the shaded areas near the main entrance. Behind him, Cassie also came to a halt. Yet behind them, the next five guards following them were full of vigor and about to charge forward.''

''- Tomas: Halt! Those are high powered bullets used against Magicians and humans!''

He shouted at Cassie as she was about to pass by him.

- KFP Security 1: Oof!

And forcibly dragged the KFP Security 1 back by the collar.

- Cassie: How merciless, Tomas.

- KFP Security 1: But thanks to you, I'm still breathing.

A beat later, four people arrived behind of the group.

''- Tomas: Oh! Now the Global Pact Defense 79th Division is ready!''

Tomas looked at the four people who arrived.

- (??? 1): Hum.

''- (??? 2): I heard what is going on in Liberty City. It's time to work.''

- (??? 3): .............

- (??? 4): This is boring.

(- Narrator: The people who just arrived are Tomas' comrades. Tomas and Cassie are the leaders of the Division. The four people standing there are Takeda Takanashi, X-23, Roy Mustang and Cryska Barchenowa. They friends and teammates).

Tomas was quite thankful for his friends that remained calm even under these conditions, but before a wry smile made its way across his face, he turned his eyes towards Cryska.

''- Tomas: I'll not my waste my time saying things like: "good to see you" or "sup guys". Cryska, silence the enemy's gunfire. You can control Ice Magi-Tech power like Killer Frost, the secretary of Kyouhei Kannazuki. ''



(- Narrator: She is the leader of KFP now. Hehe).

''Hearing Tomas' words, all of his friends revealed a "Hm?" expression of shock.''

''- Cryska: As you command. I'll try.''

''Cryska's left hand moved in a natural manner difficult to detect. Cryska slowly raised her right hand parallel to the ground and pointed to the All Jokers from her hiding spot. The next instant, Cryska's magi-tech activated. It was a magi-tech that could freeze fire.''

Magi-Tech - "Oscillation Speed-Type Wide Area Magi-Tech "Freeze Flame"

''"Freeze Flame" was a wide area conceptual magi-tech that prevented anything from burning. This magi-tech could suppress the temperature of targets within a certain threshold.''



''At the end of the day, firearms rely on gunpowder -- in other words, burning gunpowder to create the force necessary to propel the bullet. The detonation that ignited the gunpowder was also a type of burning. Generally, the concept was that burning a target would raise the temperature, but if the flammable object could be prevented from heating up, then ignition would become impossible. Thus, firearms that have been subjected to "Freeze Flame", regardless of whether they were guns or cannons would be silenced so long as they relied on gunpowder or explosives. ''

The All Jokers soldiers noticed their rifles stopped working while they were pushing the trigger of their guns.

- All Joker 1: What the hell?!

- All Joker 2: I can't shot?!

''- All Joker 3: Heh?! The bullets are frozen?!''

- All Joker 4: What the fuck?!



- All Joker 5: How?!

''Tomas wasted no time and summoned his Artificial Demon Weapon (in the form of hammer) that Kyouhei have to him and ran towards the enemy group. Before ascertaining the result, Tomas had already charged from where he hid behind the doorway. In a flash, he was already in the mobile forces' formation and waving both hands with a magi-tech edge. The terrifying image of someone chopping through human flesh with a hammer in flames was shocking to Tomas' allies. Thus, in comparison to their allies being shot, this scene terrorized the enemy even more.''

''Despite their difficult situation owing to the inoperable rifles, the All Jokers initially still acted decisively and drew blades to engage, but their morale was completely crushed by the time the fifth person had been cut down. They watched Tomas with the same eyes they would use on a monster. He rejected long range attacks and intentionally opted for close quarters combat magi-tech with its degree of risk. He was using a Artificial Demon weapon, what could let the enemies in panic.''

''On the flank of the irregular force whose morale was in tatters, a red wind flew across with a speed that the eye could barely follow. Everywhere the wind passed over, blood and flesh flew as an enemy trooper died on the spot.''



''Few seconds later, half of the enemy's soldier were dead and the remaining soldiers of All Jokers ran towards the exit and left the building in panic. However, the Magicians followed the enemy and start to shoot down the All Jokers.''

After leaving the remnants of the enemy for the Magicians on duty to handle, Tomas returned to his companions for now.

- Tomas: There was no opportunity to do anything...

- Cassie: I thought the Artificial Demon Weapon that Kyouhei gave to you was a sword.

Tomas held his Artificial Weapon with his two hands.



''- Tomas: I noticed that this weapon can take form of any kind of weapon. Hammer is the type of weapon I choose in my mind.''

- Cassie: Oh!

Tomas' friends, however, were looking around the place and ignored his words.

''- Takashi: Look what you did with this place. There is blood everywhere.''

''- Roy: That was amazing. Well, of course my magic is better.''

- X-23: I'm not impressed.



''- Cassie: Hehehe... *sigh*''

- KFP Security 2: Ehh...

Roy clapped and smiled at Tomas.

''- Roy: So, what's our mission? ''

''- Tomas: Our main objective is to defend the Harbour Building from the KnightWalker Invaders. If they get to the control room, they disable all military networks on USA. This will leave us vulnerable to military and terrorist attacks.''

X-23 walked foward and activated the claws on her hands.



''- X-23: What we are waiting for? Let's go then.''

- Tomas: Wait.

X-23 turned her head and looked at Tomas.

''- X-23: What? ''

''- Tomas: We require additional information. Kyouhei said there appears to be a major incident in process that far surpasses our expectations out there. Aimless action may be like sinking into the quagmire.''

''They needed to obtain necessary intel from the Global Pact Defense. The main and side branches for the GDP had secret lines reserved for the KnightWalker Funeral Parlor.''

If Tomas was ''alone, he would be able to reach the Center branch of the GDP in the Bay Hills Tower in approximately ten minutes despite the fighting in the streets. He wasn't engaged in high speed running exercises every morning for nothing.''

''- Takashi: I see. You want to know what they are after. ''

''- Roy: Or this attack is just "For the Evulz". Eckidina is the only bitch able to attack a country without reason.''

- X-23: I agree.

''- Tomas: Right! We're going to Bay Hills Tower before we go to Harbour building!''

Part 1
<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 hour later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 11:10 AM 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Global Pact Defense Building 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Bay Hills Tower 



''It had been one hour since Tomas' group left the Majestic building and headed to the building of GDP in Liberty City. Unfortunately, there were no vehicles available and they were on foot. As expected, the way was full of enemy troops. Cyborgs, drones and human soldiers attacked Tomas and his division many times, however, the division was superior in combat and defeated enemy troops quickly. 80 enemies attacked the division along the way.''

''The building of the GDP was on the other side of town, which delayed the Tomas' plans. However, they managed to get in the building. Inside of the building, a small squad of 16 KnightWalkers attacked them but Tomas quickly knocked them down.''



After some minutes walking, Tomas and his squad stopped in front of a iron door. ''After using Tomas' access code to enter the VIP conference room and examining the police map data on the monitors, they found that the entire shore was flagged as black (and white) and dangerous. In addition, the red danger zones were rapidly expanding in land. The enemy's numbers remained unknown. Still, based on their invading pace, they undoubtedly invested a significant amount of troops. There were several thousands at the bare minimum, Cassie estimated, probably company strength around 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 men, drones, Cyborgs and Meta-humans. The situation was deteriorating far beyond initial estimations, causing Tomas to crease his brows again.''



(- Narrator: About this map of Liberty City:


 * The areas marked with "X" on the ground are areas of combat.


 * The "X" marked on the sea are the areas of combat where ships of military force are facing the maritime fleet of the enemy.
 * The areas marked with "Red Zone" are areas conquested by the enemy).

''X-23, Cassie, Roy, Takeshi and Cryska were pale when they saw that map. That was obvious thing to do, they faced the KnightWalker Family in many battlefields before, but the situation now was insane. They never saw that, the entire city was a battlefield.''

- X-23: What the heck is this?!

- Roy: That's going too far...

''- Takeshi: So many people...... How did this happen?''



Owing to his friends' exaggerated reactions, Tomas' dark visage did not attract any attention.

- Cassie: Tomas...

''Although he wasn't conspicuous, but there was no way Cassie would remain oblivious. Repeatedly caressing his Cassie's head as her eyes shimmered with unease, Cassie turned to his friends.''

''- Tomas: I think everyone understands the situation without going into the details and the situation is dire. If we waste too much time here, we will be captured before the GDP and KFP arrives. That being said, escape will not be an easy prospect. At least going by land won't be with all traffic system offline.''

- Takeshi: In other words, we go by sea? Tomas shook his head at Takeshi's question.

''- Tomas: That would be a slim hope. However, there are countless enemy ships around the city. ''



- Cryska: So we head to the shelter and wait for our transport there? Tomas nodded at Cryska's proposal, but he didn't appear to be very confident.

''- Tomas: That's probably more practical... While the infrastructure is fairly sturdy, but that won't help if the building itself is destroyed. We will die if the All Jokers or KnightWalker Family find us.''

''- Cassie: So, let's take the underground tunnel. We can go underground, call a transport on the port and head to Harbour Island. Although Cassie urged him onward as if she wanted to rush out the door, Tomas replied back with "please wait".''

''- Tomas: No, don't go underground. Go above.''

''- Cassie: Eh, why? ......Ah, that's why.''

''Seeing Cassie comprehend the reason why before any explanation was necessary, Tomas couldn't help but think "As expected of Cassie Cage". Tomas smiled and looked at his friends.''



- Tomas: Also, can you give me a little time?

''- Cryska: That's no problem...... But what for?''

''Seeing Tomas ask for further delay despite knowing better than anyone that every second was precious, Cryska tilted her head and asked for the reason. While this question was built on the prerequisite that "Yes" was the answer, this was her way of expressing her emotions to Tomas.''

- Tomas: I want to delete the data on the demonstration devices.

''- Takeshi: Ah, yes. That might also be one of the enemy's goals.''

Everyone nodded at Takeshi's added note.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile in the Ocean Waters Surrounding Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Family Aircraft Carrier 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 5 kilometers away from LC 



''Meanwhile the flagship of KnightWalker Family, the enemy was planning a new plan. An insane terrorist plan. Vladimir Makarov decided to create a small and simple plan to take down the building of Global Pact Defense to avoid them from calling for reinforcements. His plan was to throw a kamikaze plane in GDP building at Bay Hills Tower.''

''Meanwhile the runway of the KnightWalker aircraft carrier, a terrorist wearing pilot clothes was looking at the plane he was going to drive to destroy the building of the GDP in Bay Hills. The terrorist was hired by KF for this mission; a suicide mission. As he was looking at the plane, 8 engineers left the plane and ran towards the KnightWalker Command in front of the plane.''



- Enginner 1: The bombs are ready!

- Enginner 2: The engines are ready!

''- Enginner 3: Your orders! Commander!''

The KnightWalker Commander nooded.

''- KF Commander: Hm. Nice job.''

The KnightWalker Commander looked at the terrorist and smiled insanely.



''- KF Commander: That's an order. Now carry it out. This is your mission.''

''The terrorist walked towards the plane without changing his vision. He was acting like a robot.''

- Terrorist: Roger.

''The terrorist entered on the plane and start the engine. Few moments later, the plane accelerated through airstrip and flew towards the city.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Back to Global Pact Defense Building 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Bay Hills Tower 

<p style="text-align:center;"> VIP Conference Room 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes later 



Roy was seated in the main desk of the room while everyone was listening to his plan.

''- Roy: ...The situation is as everyone heard. While we don't know how much room is leftat the shelter, we're going to be too late for the trasnport. In that case, I believe we can only head for the shelter and wait for a cargo ship to arrive and head to Harbour Island. What does everyone else think?''

That being said, their thoughts were all accord with Roy.

- Cryska: I also agree with Roy's opinion.

''The Takeshi and Cassie probably thought they didn't have any other choice. However... everyone turned their eyes towards Tomas. With Roy's interrogative eyes on him, his eyes... were watching an entirely different direction. He was looking at the window of the room.''

Faster than the eye could follow, Tomas raised his Artificial Demon Weapon (if form of Hammer) towards the window.

- Cassie: Tomas?!



''- X-23: Tomas?! What are you doing?!''

''Roy looked at the window and noticed a plane approaching. Several misseles were trying to destroy the plane. Those missiles were from the LC Military but none of the missiles hit the plane. The plane was flying towards the GDP Building.''

- Roy: Shit...

The terrorist who was piloting the plane was smiling as he was heading towards the GDP tower.

- Terrorist: Nii!



''Back on the GDP building. As if in response to Cassie and X-23's questions, Tomas changed the form of his Artificial Weapon to a pistol and aimed at the wall and pulled the trigger. When Tomas changed the form of his Artificial Demon weapon, a small fire surrounded the weapon in the form of hammer and was replaced by a pistol.''

- Cassie: That Artificial Demon Weapon just changed its form?

Cassie's Flashback
- Tomas: There was no opportunity to do anything...

- Cassie: I thought the Artificial Demon Weapon that Kyouhei gave to you was a sword.

Tomas held his Artificial Weapon with his two hands.

''- Tomas: I noticed that this weapon can take form of any kind of weapon. Hammer is the type of weapon I choose in my mind.''

- Cassie: Oh!

Nowdays


- Cassie: I remember now...

''It was pure coincidence that Tomas was able to notice the plane approaching the building. Engulfed in a powerful sense of danger, Tomas extended his sight outside of the building to read the signal that a large physical object was flying down on them.''

''​If Kyouhei was present, the outcome may be different. If enemy soldiers rushed in, Tomas could leave it to X-23 or Takeshi. Time permitting, he could also let Cassie, Roy and Cryka handle it. Yet, in this instant, only Tomas' magi-tech was able to handle the incoming large plane.''



- Tomas: Height 40 meters, width 15 meters, total weight 200 tons.

Enlarging the scope another level to accommodate the uniform rise of the sky and placing the entire large plane with armor plating in his targeting hairs, Tomas activated fire Magi-Tech "Instant Sun".

In a flash, the large plane exploded.

''A few minor lacerations were found on the outside of the wall of the building, but internally, no damage was incurred. Yet, the world was not so convenient that no one detected what just happened. ''

''- Cassie: Just now... What..?''

''Cassie's terrified question caused Tomas to want to cluck his tongue. Cassie seems to have noticed what just happened exactly like he worried she would; his "true" Magi-Tech.''



''However, since the kamikaze plane failed and the battle at the entrance of GDP building turned into a rout, the objective of the KnightWalkers shifted. Part of Tomas consciousness was coldly analyzing the situation as if he had no part in it while the remaining energy was channeled towards magi-tech that could meet a rain of guided missiles launched by Cargo Ships from KnightWalker Family on the other side of the city. Nevertheless, this time there was no need for Tomas to do anything. The wall of the room they were standing in was covered by multiple layers of magi-tech barriers. Before the missiles could hit the wall, sonic waves fired from the flank detonated all the missiles en route.''

​- (???): Sorry for the wait.



Hearing a sudden voice from the outside, both Tomas and Cassie reined in their sight to the range of the naked eye -- a man entered the waiting room.

''- Cryska: Eh? Eh? This can't be. Jellal Fernandes!''

''- Jellal: Long time no see, 79th Division. Your KFP Guards down almost killed me. They thought I was a KnightWalker.''

Suddenly appearing, Jellal smiled and greeted Cryska like an old friend.

''- Jellal: My division destroyed that missiles. They will launch more. Also, the reinforcements of KFP from Los Santos will arrive in 8 hours. There are many things to do before the battle to take back Liberty City.''

''- Tomas: Good to see you, Jellal Fernandes. Kyouhei Kannazuki sent you?''



''- Jellal: Kyouhei told me what is happening in LC. I was shocked when I saw the situation when I arrived. This city is in pure chaos...''

''- Roy: There are few soldiers of KFP and GDP to fight the KnightWalkers. The military and LCPD will not last for too long.''

''- Jellal: I see. Now let's talk about the current situation. Currently, the GDP forces stationed at Downtown are engaging the enemy invaders. Also, we have battalions advancing from the National Airport and Liberty Island. The West branch of the Global Pact Defense has also formed volunteers to aid in the defense. The GDP will hold them back while the KFP are preparing to attack. The KFP is the only organization able to fight the KnightWalker Family. We have just received orders. Owing to special circumstances, our unit that was originally advancing to Harbour Island are also to aid in the defensive effort. Under special assignment regulations of the GDP, you are also mobilized, 79th Division.''

Roy and Cryska both opened their mouths but Tomas silenced them both with a look.

''- Jellal: The GDP requests and requires that everyone here keep the Tomas' position confidential. This is a classified secret concerning national defense, so please understand. Tomas, you will stay in Liberty City to fight the KnightWalker Family with the Magician Squad. Let the Harbour Island with me and your division.''

"................"

Everyone was in silence after Jellal said that, however, Tomas broken the silence.



- Tomas: Special Lieutenant Jellal, the Magician squad and I will provide protection for everyone here.

Although their numbers were few, Tomas was deeply appreciative that Jellal was able to delegate to take care of his Division.

- Tomas: Thank you, Lieutenant Jellal.

''- Jellal: It's Supreme General of KFP 354th Army of America!... Understood. Do your best out there, Tomas Sevchenko.''

''- Tomas: Eh... General Jellal.''

''Tomas walked towards the window of the room and destroyed the glass. A windstorm broke into the room.''

- Jellal: May you conquer all before you.

- Tomas: I'm off.

With his division's eyes watching him, Tomas jumped off the building and stepped onto the Downtown streets that had been transformed into a battlefield and went off to war.

Part 2
<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Underground Tunnel to the GDP Shelter 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 4 minutes later 



''The conflict between the group of politicians and faculty (including outside personnel) that headed for the GDP shelter via the underground tunnel and the armed guerrillas in the tunnel drew to a close. The number of evacuees totaled nearly 60 people. Since that attack came after GDP Conference Hall's presentation came to an end, the number of politicians who came to show their support had reached a peak. Killer Frost mentally lamented this unfortunate turn of events, but as the new leader of KnightWalker Funeral Parlor, she had to put on a brave front no matter what happened. Ahead of them was the sound of gunfire and shock waves. That was the sound of GDP Magicians taking down the enemy guerrilla armed with guns at the forefront. The All Jokers and KnightWalkers were waiting for the group of politicians on the way to the shelter. However, Killer Frost and her Magicians security killed all enemies in their way for 1 hour.''



''Under everyone's combined efforts, the primary weapons such as assault rifles and semi-automatics of the enemy had been successfully nullified. Killer Frost also used Ice magi-tech to solidify the air and kill the enemy troops frozen. The result lay before her eyes. Despite being a tunnel, this wasn't a hole excavated in the previous century. There were plenty of lights illuminating the way. Along the bloodsoaked underground passage, several dead KnightWalkers and terrorists lay on the ground. ''

''Even if Frost didn't say anything, the security magician personnel selected from the Global Pact Defense, KnightWalker Funeral Parlor and Kyouhei Kannazuki wouldn't allow any guerrilla to approach their group. Frost and the Magicians fought the KnightWalkers for minutes, however, they were getting tired of using their magi-tech for too many times. Likely because of the sparse number of enemies, there were fortunately no fatalities on their side. However, Magicians were not immortal. They will bleed if cut, die if shot. Even Killer Frost thought they are luck for not fighting a Cyborg or a Meta-human down there yet, because they don't enough power to fight such types of enemies.''



''Frost used her fists and feet to take down the guerrillas that swarmed from all directions as well as the GDP Magicians who stood behind her to provide covering fire with magi-tech. The guerrillas who burst out from cover were also crushed by Killer Frost effortlessly. ''

''Their opponents were All Jokers of KnightWalker descent, so there was no way to immediately tell them apart from normal civilians. Anyone holding a large weapon like an assault rifle could immediately be identified as hostile, but guerrillas that stalked forward with hidden combat knives or combat knives were hard to differentiate from the average civilian. Killer Forst abandoned any and all attempts at telling them apart.''



''A newly appeared enemy swung a broadsword at Frost. Repeatedly activating magi-tech, Frost cast personal acceleration magi-tech on herself. The speed of her fists approached sonic speed. Surrounded by compressed air, her fist broke the sound barrier. With a boom, the guerrilla went flying. This sort of overkill successfully impeded fresh enemies.''

''Still, just as physical stamina is limited, human inner strength is also limited. Frost's blow caused the soldier to collide with the All Joker behind him, forcing both of them to collide solidly with the wall and slide to the ground. Seeing this, the guerrillas' morale finally started to crumble.''

- All Joker 1: Bastards!

The All Joker aimed at Frost.

- Magician 1: Here!



''The Magician teleported himself in front of the All Joker and used his fist to destroy the All Joker soldier's face, his fist passed through the soldier's face, destroying the face of the soldier and creating a huge pool of blood on the floor. His dead body fell to the ground seconds later. ''

The last four All Jokers became pale and gave several steps backward.

- All Joker 2: R-Retreat!

The last enemies started to run away, one of the GDP Magicians tried to follow them but Frost held on his shoulder as a "stop" signal.

''- Frost: Let's get a move on. The area is safe! You can walk foward! The shelter's just up ahead! Everybody, hang in there!''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City Downtown

<p style="text-align:center;"> New Milles Street 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Plaza 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 20 minutes later 



''It had been half an hour since Tomas left the Global Pact Defense Tower in Bay Hills and Jellal took control of the 79th Division. After Jellal took command of the division, his plan was take a transport in the Plaza of the city, the place where his forces were resisting heavy rain of bullets and lasers of KnightWalkers.''

Jellal, Roy, Cryska, Cassie, Takeshi, X-23 and another five KFP security guards, arrived in the plaza after picking up an armored car in front of GDP Building.



''Under the guidance of Jellal's subordinates, Cassie's party arrived at the plaza and were shocked speechless by the terrible scene before them. The KFP forces that were resisting the KnightWalkers were falling one by one. The entire plaza's defense had collapsed. ''

When they looked at the enemy lines, they saw two gigantic metal block shooting at the KFP troops alongside the KnightWalkers.

''- Cassie: Bipedal tanks... Where the heck did they get that!?''



''This appeared to be an unexpected enemy for Jellal as well, judging from the surprised tone of his voice. It was a humanoid walking, firing platform that was covered in armored plates made of metallic alloy. The bottom of the short, stubby legs were equipped with treads and walking devices while the body was shaped like a small car with a single seat and was equipped with all sorts of weapons. There were also two long, mechanical arms, but there was no head. The robot had a total height of 3.5 meters, shoulder height approximately 3 meters, width 2.5 meters, and length 2.5 meters. The weapon was originally developed by Eastern Europe to annihilate infantry in urban settings.''

''- Jellal: Given that bipedal tanks have advanced this far, the situation must have worsened more than we imagined. From my perspective, I recommend evacuating to the base camp at Millenium District.''



- X-23: But isn't that one of the enemy's primary attacking targets?

''- Jellal: X-23, any enemy attacking now won't differentiate between combat personnel and civilians. The danger will not decrease in the slightest even if you split off from the military. Rather, I'd say it would be even more dangerous. Also, they have Cyborgs, Drones and Meta-humans.''

''Jellal saw a drone jumping off from a building behind the KFP lines and shot a blast of white energy at the drone before it could shoot the KFP soldiers. The drones exploded and fell to the ground. ''

- Cassie: So, your plan is to go to Millenium District?

''Cassie pulled her weapon and shot 2 KnightWalkers at the enemy lines. Cassie asked the obvious question. However, Jellal shook his head.''



''- Jellal: I plan to call in transport helicopters for civilians who haven't managed to evacuate in time. Since the Plaza's defenses is defeated, they will not send more transports here.''

''The Bipedal Tanks on the KnightWalker lines started to shot at Jellal's group, however, Cryska quickly raised her left hand and frozen them with her magi-tech. The tanks stopped shooting as the ice from Cryska's magi-tech started to surround the tanks. Takeshi wasted not time and swung his katana that could be broken into pieces and cut the tanks in pieces.''



The KnightWalker saw that and started to shot at Takeshi but his sword cut them into pieces without dropping a sweat.

- Joy: Oh...

''The last KFP soldier was killed when he tried to hide behing a destroyed bus. And at that moment, 74 KnightWalkers and Drones ran towards Jellal's group.''

''- Jellal: This is bad... As if! ''

- Cryska: If we die for something like that...

''- X-23: ... We're not the 79th Division!''

- Roy: It's finally time to show my Magi-Tech.

- Takeshi: Hum.



''All KnightWalkers and All Jokers shot at the 79th Division but Jellal made of white light shield around the division. After that, Cassie immediately jumped out of the shield and fired at the enemy forces with 2 two pistols, kiling 5 KnightWalker in one second. Moments later, Roy left the shield and walked slowly towards enemy, the drones fired at him but no bullet took effect because there was a flaming aura around him and all bullets melted at once when it touched the fire. Roy snapped his fingers and a wave of fire swallowed 10 KnightWalkers in one attack, killing them charred.''

''Cryska jumped towards the enemy lines with ice blades in her arms. The KnightWalkers shot with rifles against her while she was still in the air but she blocked all bullets with her ice blades and quickly landed on the ground cutting the throats of all KnightWalkers in the last line of attack while the rest of the Division was dealing with the enemy troops on the front line.''



''When Cryska finished the last KnightWalker, she noticed two Bipedal Tanks approaching. The tanks started to shoot missiles at Cryska but she jumped away from her position and escaped from the explosion. Cryska then activated her Ice Magi-Tech again and frozen the tanks. Takeshi left the shield and chopped off 12 KnightWalkers in seconds, when he saw the tanks frozen he threw his sword at the tanks and cut them in half with just one blow, the sword automatically returned spinning in the air for him.''



''The KFP Security guards that were fighting alongside the Division were professional elite soldiers as well and don't hesited in shot at the enemy. The KnightWalkers' bullets hit them many times but their armour were too resistant. One of them ran towards a Bipedal Tank and jumped on top of it, after that he pulled a laser knife and pierced the armor of the tank, seconds later, the blade of the knife grew instantly and became a katana. While the knife turned into a katana, the blade that was inside of the tank destroyed the core, the KnightWalkers saw the KFP soldier on top of the drone at shot at him but he dogde the bullets with martial arts moves. Roy then shot a blast of fire at the core of the Bipedal Tank, the fire made it explod, the explosion didn't affect the KFP Soldier at all and jumped towards the enemy troops who were shooting him with his katana, the KnightWalkers were killed one by one by his katana and the weapons of others KFP Security guards.''



''X-23, on the other side, was not fighting serious at all and was cutting the throat of the enemies laughing like some kind of lunatic. The KnightWalkers engaged her with weapons and knives but she was so fast they could see nothing. The only they could see was the flash generated by the blades in their hands. The All Jokers saw that and shot at X-23 with assault rifles, but the bullets were literally passing through her body and made no effect at all. X-23 laughed and charged at the All Jokers, quickly cutting off their members.''



''Jellal saw 30 All Jokers and KnightWalkers shooting at Cryska and jumped 20 meters up, and shot a huge and powerful blast of energy at the enemy group. When the KnightWalkers saw a huge light coming from behind, they looked back only to see a huge light coming at them at an inhuman speed. The blast created a huge explosion that killed all KnightWalkers and All Jokers there. The impact of the explosion affected 2 drones and destroyed them as well. ''

Jellal then turned around and shot two blasts at the a group of drones attacking the KFP Security guards.



- All Joker 1: Dammit!

''- All Joker 2: Die! Magicians!''

''Cryska just activated her Ice Magi-Tech again and frozen the weapons of the enemy. The All Jokers noticed their guns were not working. Before they could look foward, X-23 was already there killing them one by one. Cassie then shot at the core of the tanks again, the tanks exploded, killing half of the All Jokers. However, X-23 avoided the explosion.''

A group of assassins ninjas from All Jokers charged at Jellal but he simply focused a light energy at his fingertips and swung his hand in front of the assassins, creating an explosion in the place where they stepped.

- Roy: Not here!



''Roy created magi-tech symbols on the air around the area and suddenly several firesballs similar to small meteors came out of the symbols. The fireballs fell on top of 34 KnightWalkers and All Jokers, they all had a terribly painful death as they felt the fire burning their skin and meat. Before they could notice, a ship full of Cyborgs landed behind of enemy lines, Cryska and Takeshi finished the last enemies, and everyone changed their sights to the ship.''

''A hooded Cyborg carrying several grenades left the ship. Two Meta-humans KnightWalkers left the ship as well, they were probably guards.''

- Roy: Looks like the boss is around.

''The 79th Division regrouped and looked at the Cyborg standing there. The Cyborg made no sounds, he was only looking at them like some type of ghost.''

''- Jellal: I have enough energy to beat him. But he looks like powerful.''

''- Takeshi: I agree. Let's fight together. Let the KnightWalkers with me, these guys are Meta-humans. They are POWERFUL. ''

''- Cryska: He's not messing around. Sonya Blade fought a Meta-humans 8 months ago, he was know as Parasite. That guy was strong.''



''- X-23: Humpf! Forget about that. This is the last enemy! Let's kill him like the others!''

''- KFP Soldier 1: Not easy. Look.''

Before they could notice, 30 Drones fell from the KnightWalker Family Warship above and 40 KnightWalker Mercenaries left from the ship, and surrounded the division.

''- Jellal: Now... this might be a problem.''

- Drones: Налог да убије (KnightWalker Language).

Part 3
<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Parking Garage of John Port 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 67th Guerrila 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 3 hours later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 02:54 PM 



''In the parking garage reserved for large cars and special vehicles where GDP and KFP troops were locked in combat with All Jokers, approximately half of them were unable to join in the fighting. — Because they were emptying out the contents of their stomach.''

''The KFP and GDP were using the cars as cover, however, some of All Jokers had grenades and threw it at them, blowing up the cars. Kyouhei Kannazuki headed towards the parking garage after he finished protecting the Majestic Building. When All Jokers saw Kyouhei, they immediately fired at him, however, Kyouhei was using the Tech Shield Device in his pocket, a blue shield was blocking the bullets.''

One of the KFP soldiers saw him approaching and yelled at him

- KFP Soldier: What're you doing here, Sir! Please, retreat!

''Kyouhei, however, ignored his words as he walked towards the enemy lines carrying his Artificial Demon Weapon (demonic sword) in his right hand. Kyouhei then changed the form of his Artificial Demon Weapon to a Pistol (similar to Tomas' pistol) and pointed a handgun-shaped Specialized Demon Weapon stained in then scent of blood at the guerillas. A blood red flower bloomed, and sprinkled down. "Oomph", the sound of a KFP soldier covering their mouth traveled to Kyouhei's ears. ''



- All Joker: AWWWW!!!!

One of the All Jokers was exploded by Kyouhei's weapon.

''Kyouhei's weapon was literally blowing up the body of the enemy. Every time Kyouhei shot at the All Jokers with his Artificial Demon weapon, the body of the enemy exploded into millions of pieces without warning. The All Jokers saw horrible scene and shot at Kyouhei with rifles, rocket launchers and grenade launchers but the shield around Kyouhei prevented any damage from the enemy.''

Every time he killed a man, both his side and the  enemy's morale dropped a bit.

(- Narrator: If this is enough to terrify you, you should never have stepped onto the battlefield in the first place).



''Regardless of how those eyes perceived him or what words were directed towards him, Kyouhei coldly ignored them all. His perspective was correct. Indisputably correct. However — how many soldiers could calmly witness human bodies rupturing and blood (more like red blood cells) scattering like dust?''

''Kyouhei's secret technique, "Rupture". Magi-tech that was able to instantaneously vaporize fluids within a physical object. When used on humans, blood would vaporize and the subsequent pressure would tear through muscle and skin. Red blood cells, which made up the majority of the composition of blood, would then scatter outwards like a crimson flower that was blooming. Besides a select minority, his teammates found out for the first time what it meant to be known as "Shinigami (Death God)".''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile in KnightWalker Family Warship Cruiser

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2000 meters above Liberty City's Destroyed Industrial District 



From the other side, which was the command center located on the bridge of the camouflaged KnightWalker Warship Cruiser that successfully launched their surprise attack, the area was covered in an atmosphere which was radically different than one of complete success.

''- KnightWalker Officer: We lost communication with the unit sent to the underground shelter. There is also no reply from the bipedal tanks and drones.''

The CO of the unit, who was also the captain of the camouflaged warship, had a sour look on his face when he received the signal officer's report, Vladimir Makarov's clenched his fists while he was seat in the captain armchair in the center of the bridge.



''Makarov's original plan called for the infiltrated operatives to take hostages before he committed the mechanized troops in the Underground Conference Hall. However, the losses of the plainclothes operatives greatly exceeded initial estimates. This was especially true for the squads sent to the international conference center and the parking garage for large vehicles, where casualties were heavy.''

Vladimir judged the strategy that called for their feint to allow the operatives to do the majority of the work regretfully needed a little reworking.

- Makarov: Allow the mechanized troops to land!

He gave the order to launch the bipedal tanks, APCs, Vermackt Droids and Cyborgs from Eckidina's Horsemen manufactured in their own country.

''- KnightWalker Officer: The Cyborgs from Eckidina's Factions... This is really necessary?''

"........!!"



''When he said that, EVERY single officer in that bridge looked at the pitful Officer with widen eyes. They knew what was going to happen to him. They looked shocked at Vladimir and the officer.''

''Vladimir looked at the KnightWalker officer with dark and baleful eyes as if he were a sadistic murder looking miserably to a dog in his feet. The KnightWalker Officer trembled with fear and immediately saluted Vladimir to escape from that situation.''

- KnightWalker Officer: R-Roger!

''The KnightWalker Officer walked away. Vladimir then looked at Liberty City being attacked through the main window.''

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Parking Garage of John Port 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 67th Guerrila 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 03:10 PM 



''The last All Joker at the Parking Garage of John Port was killed by Kyouhei's Artificial Demon Weapon. Kyouhei lowered his Artificial Weapon and walked away while the KFP soldiers were shocked with that horrible scene.''

- KFP Soldier 1: My god...

''- KFP Soldier 2: This is insane. He killed a entire squad alone!''

- KFP Soldier 3: A-As expected from the Supreme Commander!

''- KFP Lieutenant: What're you guys doing The battle is not over yet! They need us at the Docks! Let's go!''

''All KFP soldiers followed the lieutenant as they ran away after the battle there was over, however, the strong sounds of explosions and shots were heard across the city. While Kyouhei was walking, a man behind him called for his name.''

- (???): Supreme Commander Kyouhei Kannazuki!



''Kyouhei looked around and saw a blonde man weating yellow jacket, black pants and sun glasses walking towards him. When he saw that man, he immediately recognized him.''

- Kyouhei: Tarma Roving!

Tarma saluted Kyouhei.

''- Tarma: It's  good to see you're okay. Sir.''

- Kyouhei: You good?

''- Tarma: I was hit by a drone but I'm fine. Where are you planning to go?''

''- Kyouhei: To our headquarters. I was protecting the Majestic Building to give some time to Killer Frost to send the politicians to the underground shelter. But I finished my duty there. I have to protect our building.''

- Tarma: Then let me help you, sir. I finished my work here too.

Kyouhei smiled and turned around.

''- Kyouhei: Hum. Let's go then.''

Kyouhei and Tarma walked away.



''Kyouhei's next plan was to protect KFP Building in Downtown. In order to get from the Parking Garage to the KFP branch headquarters in Downtown, taking the route along the coast would be faster, but taking the inland route wasn't that much of a detour either. The enemy's main force was Cyborgs troops launched from the warship above LC. Currently, their troops that had infiltrated the city were also active along the coast. When Kyouhei and Tarma were walking through the destroyed street, they saw an abandoned military car ahead.''

- Kyouhei: This looks good.

''Kyouhei and Tarma then entered in the abandoned military car at the main street and headed to KFP Building in Downtown. Immediately afterward, the military vehicle that Kyouhei was driving advanced through the crossfire on the street along the coast as it advanced to the KFP Building by the shortest route possible.''



''Before he could notice, he passed by several military tanks shooting at enemy jets. The jets fired missiles at the tanks. During the shooting, Kyouhei passed through the explosions as he saw several tanks exploded on the road. Fortunately, Kyouhei got through without reaching and continued down the street.''

''Near the KFP Building — actually the closer they got to the Hillside Docks — heavy weapons appeared among the enemy lines. Likewise, the number of mechanized weaponry (bipedal tanks) and heavy tanks were also on the rise. ''



''Sitting in the passenger's seat, Sergeant Tarma Roving, proceeded to explain the situation to Kyouhei. Kyouhei wordlessly nodded. The reason he said nothing was not because he looked down on the low ranking officer, but because he was putting all his concentration on his magi-tech.''

''Next, on the side of the intersection ahead, a small group of enemies carrying shoulder-mounted rocket launchers. They weren't plainclothes soldiers like the All Jokers. Although they wore no identifying emblems to identify their nationality, they all wore uniform tech-armpur, there was no doubt they were KnightWalkers from Eckidina's Faction. This must be their elite force. ''



''The enemy squad took aim at the vehicle Kyouhei was in and fired four guided anti-tank missiles. This was practically point blank range. Even though they were guided missiles with slower initial speed, there was no way the all terrain vehicle was going to dodge them. However, Kyouhei handling the wheel never wavered and Sergeant Tarma put down the windshield on the passenger's side and propped up an automatic rifle. Tarma shor the missiles and the guided missiles detonated in the air five meters in front of the vehicle.''



''The flames from the explosion enveloped the hemisphere barrier that surrounded the vehicle. Bullets were fired from within to hit the enemy troops. Attacks from the outside were unable to penetrate the interior, but attacks from within were unimpeded. Needless to say, that directed transparent barrier was the result of Kyouhei's area magi-tech shield he was using few moments ago against the All Jokers on Parking Garage. Setting himself as the center of the hemisphere's space, he altered the fabric of the hemisphere so reject heat beyond a certain level and any molecule greater than oxygen. Even while on board a vehicle moving along at high speed, Kyouhei's barrier magi-tech never faltered.''

''- Kyouhei: My shield is my will! This is unbreakable!''



''Kyouhei pulled a pistol with explosive bullets that was in the glove compartment of the car and shot in an abandoned truck gasoline that was parked next to the enemies. The truck exploded immediately, killing half the enemy lines and defused two tanks. Thanks to this, Kyouhei got through the enemy lines while they were on the ground. However, a KnightWalker jumped on the hood of the car, only to be killed by Tormo with a shot in his head. The dead body of the KnightWalker fell out of the car at high speed.''

- Tormo: Hum!

- Kyouhei: Nice job.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Chinatown 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Funeral Parlor Headquarters No.2 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KFP Branch of Chinatown 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 5 minutes later 



''The situation was complicated in LC. There was only a few hours for the arrival of reinforcements from KFP that Jellal brought with him.''

''Meanwhile, Tomas who had left the 79th Division a few hours ago, went to one of the bases of GDP in the Center of the Downtown. There, the officers escorted him to the base of KFP in Chinatown. Tomas was called by high-ranking members of the KFP to join with Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion, a battalion of Elite Soldiers from GDP specialize in use of Magic-Tech.''

''After arriving at the base of the KFP, Tomas was escorted by two lieutenants responsible for the base, the most notable of them is Sanada Fujishaki, a Chinese woman, she is a Lieutenant from KFP in America. However, the base was under attack, an entire division of KnightWalker approached by the right side of the base but the security guards were professionals arc troopers and were killing the invaders one by one.''



''Tomas thought to help the security but the Sanada prevented him because they had a task to be done. Tomas, then followed the two lieutenants into the base and the group stopped in front of a iron door at the underground of the basement. The male lieutenant opened the door, inside, there was a dark, small and cold room, however there were several capsules sealed with some clothes stored inside. Inside of that room, there was 50 members from the battalion changing their clothes, men and women.''

''While the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion was designated as a "battalion", their numbers were on the scale of two companies. Initially for this mission — which was originally to test magitech weapons — they only mobilized 50 men and women.''

- KFP Lieutenant: —How is it, Special Lieutenant Tomas?



''- Tomas: Just as I expected of you, KnightWalker Funeral Parlor. Quite impressive.''

Standing before the racks filled with protective gear that would not look out of place on a knight, the KFP Lieutenant couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

''- Sanada: The measurements should be perfect. Change quickly.''

- Tomas (think): *This is really hot-headed woman...*

''Sanada urged Tomas to strip off all pieces of his GDP Combat Armour he was wearing. Although there were was female soldiers from KFP there, neither of them paid any attention to that. On some level, all the soldiers in the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion were seen as lab rats, so full body examinations weren't anything out of the ordinary. Not only would male soldiers see female soldiers in the nude, the reverse also happened. There was no way someone who was ashamed of something like that would be able to last in this outfit.''

''Tomas deftly put on the special underclothes and immediately put on the black outfit — the Mobile suit. After tying the broad belt, he snapped every button in place. Setting his Artificial Demon Weapon (in the form of pistol) in one of the leather holsters on the belt, he finally put on the mask-like helmet.''

- Tomas: Doesn't appear to be any problems.

- KFP Lieutenant: Indeed, all errors are within the acceptable boundaries.



''Tomas noticed his magi-tech changed. Tomas focused his magi-tech in his hand and noticed that Electric rays came out of his hands.''

- Tomas: This is...!

''Sanada tried to hide her proud smile with her hands since she was the one who created that uniform. When she saw his reaction she was like "Praise me" or "Beg Before Me".''

''- KFP Lieutenant: Lieutenant Sanada? What's the problem?''

''- Sanada: Hehehe.... Ah... It's nothing!''

''- Tomas: This is amazing. My magi-tech changed to Eletrecity.''

''Tomas's voice came through the speakers equipped in the room's interior. Detecting that the automatic transmission activated, Tomas manipulated the helmet and popped the mask.''

''- Sanada: Bulletproof, heat resistant, shock resistant, and also resistant to biological and chemical weapons and a simple motion supplement system was added into the design as requested. Of course, the Flying Device was also attached to the belt. When coupled with the shock resistant function, you can completely nullify the recoil when firing, so you can also fire in the air.''

''​- Tomas: Perfect. Its performance far exceeds my design.''

- Sanada: No, I also enjoyed myself to my heart's content.



''Sanada and Tomas shook hands. While this was happening, the KFP Commander, Christopher Pike finally arrived leading two more soldiers.''

- Pike: Sanada, are you finished?

Staring wordlessly at the subordinate who saluted in response, the commander shifted his gaze to Tomas.

''- Pike: Then, effective immediately, the Special Lieutenant Tomas is to rendezvous with KFP Magi-Tech 2th Unit. The 2th unit is currently sniping the enemy unit that is approaching the connection bridge to the Mizuho Wharf district. The unit's location is displayed on the protective visor of your helmet.''

- Tomas: Understood.

''Putting the visor back on, Tomas verified the location for 2th Unit and stepped out of KFP Base in Chinatown, Pike, Sonada and the KFP Lieutenant followed him as well. Without using the ramp, Tomas jumped off the base and hit the button on his waist before his downward acceleration disappeared. That was the power switch for the CAD equipped with Flying-Type Magi-Tech. Lightly tapping off the ground, Tomas soared through the sky while the Sonada and Pike were watching.''

- Pike: I'm counting on you, Tomas

Part 4
<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Mizuho Wharf Bridge 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later 



''The KnightWalkers invaders composed of the mechanized unit that landed at the Hillside Wharf split into two groups. One advanced towards the Global Pact Defense Branch NO.3 located near the bay. The other KnightWalker group marched along the coast. The group headed north did not plan to rendezvous with the KnightWalkers locked in combat with GDP soldiers, but went in the opposite direction and were preparing to pursue and capture the civilians attempting to flee by sea.''

''The Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion already controlled that direction. This was an attacking unit that heavily emphasized mobility with 20 APCs and 5 Heavy Tanks. Standing before the two lines of APCs and tanks that charged straight for the bridge, Captain Wataru sneered beneath his visor. He was the archetype anti-personnel combat Magician. He excelled in reading the enemy's movement pattern, mixing physical skills and magi-tech to lure, amplify or reverse enemy attacks in close combat. There was practically nothing he could do against this armored column — until he joined the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion.''



''Although he was complaining mentally, his mouth still wore that wry smile. Smirking malevolently beneath his visor, Wataru pulled his automatic pistol and shot at the KnightWalker's line, killing two All Jokers, the APCs saw that and shot at Wataru, however, he leaped out from behind cover directly in front of the column of APCs.''

''In Pitch black armor. Wataru stood in front of the enemy's cannon.''

''Maybe because the enemy APCs hesitated at the sight of this unexpected enemy, but the APC's turret didn't immediately spit fire. Since there was only one soldier, it might have been they planned to simply grind the man down beneath their wheels. The difference in defensive power between an APC and armor was simply too great. Wataru never planned to sit in front of the enemy's cannon for too long. Clutching the rifle with the bayonet attached — the trigger of the CAD pistol, he verified that the magi-tech was activated before ducking back behind cover. Suddenly, blocks of earth flew through the air along a straight green line as if someone cut a straight line through the ground.''



Along this green line, the wheels of the APCs left the ground.

- Wataru: Fly, bastard!

''​The magi-tech that Wataru just used it know as Gravity-Type Magi-Tech "Thousand Tatami". By cutting off the Earth's gravity along the north-south axis, this causes the object to tilt from east to west because of the Earth's revolution.''



''The bottom of the APCs, the "belly", were facing upwards and were struck by a hail of bullets. Practically at the same time that Wataru activated his magi-tech, the squad flying in the sky opened fire. The rifles from the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion shot out a stream bullets with increased penetration that easily drilled holes through the underbelly of the APCs covered in armor designed to withstand mines. Once the fuel was hit, flames erupted from the underside of the vehicle.''

''The western group of what appeared to be a routed armored column remained unscathed. The enemy must have Cyborgs who excel in "Counter" magi-tech on board the APCs for extra defense. With the ability to create a barrier strong enough to hold back an object that was dozens of tons, impact from normal weapons would be completely nullified. Either there was an incredibly strong Cyborgs on board the APCs, or they were using some sort of magi-tech booster.''



''- Wataru: Give them all we got! Fire!''

''Wataru swung his arms towards the APCs' direction as a signal to attack. Bullets from the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion rained down from the sky at the APCs again.''

The interference strength from the strengthened shots and bullet repulsion magics-tech canceled out one another, causing both magics-tech to fizzle.

''The anti-armor bullets hit the APC, but weren't able to completely penetrate. The autocannon turret on the APC sprayed the air with large caliber rounds. Two soldiers were hit and fell to the earth. Thanks to the armor's bulletproof properties, at least the physical body didn't suffer terrible injuries.''



''Taking stock of the situation from cover, Wataru once more flew in front of the enemy and continuously hit the trigger three times. Wataru's " Thousand Tatami " was a magi-tech that cut off the Earth's gravity and not something that directly altered the target's Eidos. Thus, the gravity nullifying magic-tech completely ignored the enemy's defensive magic-tech around the vehicle as it activated. The enemy APC started tilting over.''

''The shock of the rotation caused the magic-tech barrier surrounding the APC to buckle. After the penetrating rounds fired from the sky hit the armor on the bottom, the remaining three APCs were also devoured by fireballs.''

''- Magician 1: Captain Wataru! We're almost out of ammo!''



''- Wataru: Tsk! Where is our support?''

''Suddenly, a heavy tank arrived behind the APCs' squad and fired a powerful shot by the main cannon. The Magicians saw it but before they could dogde the shell hit a group of magicians beside Wataru. In one shot, 5 magicians were killed.''

- Magician 2: What the hell is that?!

- Magician 1: That tank is a beast.

''- Wataru: As expected from Eckidina KnightWalker. She is sending her best weapons against us.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 4000 meters above the city 



Some minutes after Tomas left the KFP Base in Chinatown.

''The speed for Flying-Type Magi-tech depended on the Magician's bloodline and training with this magic-tech. Tomas, who trained his entire life with this magic-tech, probably understood this magi-tech better than anyone alive. Based on his current flight speed, he would be able to traverse the distance between the KFP Base in Chinatown that served as a mobile base and 2th Unit in a short period of time.''

''The scenery flew by. While Tomas did his utmost to train his eyesight on the move during combat training, trying to do so while flying was never something a human being was supposed to be able to accomplish. Under these conditions, he couldn't overestimate his own physical capabilities. Thus, along with the naked eye, he was using Elemental Sight as a radar to search for obstacles in the air with his consciousness.''



He was entirely reliant on that to find those particular things.

''Tomas located something in his Elemental Sight, it was a small flying object that only measured 1 meter in length. The pitch black, bird-like flying machine was undoubtedly the low altitude unmanned observation drone. It was currently at the target area — where 2th Unit was in combat — and circling overhead.''

''- Tomas: There is no doubt. That drone is a HIV from KnightWalker Family.''



''In order to avoid being detected by the drone and the KnightWalker Warships' magi-tech sensors, Tomas flew far above the drone, pulled out his Artificial Demon Weapon with his right hand, and disengaged the  Flying-Type Magi-Tech. Just like that, he plummeted downwards. Just before he made contact with the unmanned drone, Tomas activated  Decomposition Magi-Tech "Mist Dispersal". The unmanned drone instantly disintegrated into dust and blew away in the air. Once more activating Flying-Type Magic-tech, Tomas prepared to land.''

''- Tomas: This Flying Magi-tech is something. I have to help the 2th Unit now.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile in KnightWalker Family Warship Cruiser

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2000 meters above Liberty City's Destroyed Industrial District 



The sudden loss of the images from the unmanned drone plunged the invasion command center into chaos.

''Although the machine that stopped transmitting was not one of a kind, these highly expensive drones did not come with spares. Undoubtedly, they had lost their precious "eyes".''

''While they appeared to have launched a successful surprise attack on an enemy nation, the reverse was true in that they were also isolated deep within enemy territory. Losing one of the methods to verify the battlefield conditions exerted considerable pressure on them.''



''- KnightWalker Officer 1: General Makarov! We've lost the footage from our unmanned HIV drone heading for West City.''

Vladimir looked at the officer.

- Makarov: What?!

The KnightWalker Officer looked back at the screen in front of him and saw that another footage was destroyed.

''- KnightWalker Officer 1: What the...? We just lost another communication with yet another drone!''

- Makarov: What the hell is going on there?!

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Mizuho Wharf Bridge 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 5 minutes later 



''By the time Tomas met up with Wataru, the intial fighting had already died down and Wataru was in the process of providing medical treatment for the wounded. ''

''The heavy tank that attacked them was destroyed in 2 minutes, however, they lost 9 of their units. Although this sounds like few casualties for anyone who heard these words, this number is very large in Wataru's squad, because his squad consists of 20 magicians from GDP.''

- Wataru: Special Lieutenant, excellent timing.

''- Tomas: You good? This place is a mess.''

''- Wataru: I lost half of my squad but I'm okay. We are regrouping with the 1th Unit in Northern Gardens Projects in Bohan.''



- Tomas: What's our mission?

''- Wataru: We are done here. The last enemy vehicle was destroyed. However, they are more units advancing through the main bridges. We will stop their advance.''

- Tomas: Sounds good to me.

Tomas looked at the city.

''- Tomas: However, we still need air support. The helicopters, jets, ships and bombers are bombing the entire state.''

''- Wataru: Jellal's army will destroy the enemy aircrafts. But for now, we shoud eliminate the ground forces.''

Wataru stood up when he saw several KFP medics running towards the wounded soldiers.

''- Wataru: It's time to go! The medics will take care of them.''

''The GDP magician stood up too. However, before they could look at Wataru, they saw a Bipedal Tank coming towards them. Wataru then activated his CAD and focused his magi-tech in his hand and pointed his finger at the enemy tank. Later, the bipedal tank stopped at was preparing to shot at the batallion but Wataru was faster and shot a fire blaster at the bipedal tank, the tank exploded at the same moment.''

Wataru lowered his hand and smiled.

- Wataru: Let's go!

''Wataru activated his Flying CAD and flew away. Tomas and the GDP magicians activated their CADs too and followed him.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City Downtown

<p style="text-align:center;"> New Milles Street 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Plaza 



''- Jellal: Now... this might be a problem.''

- Drones: Налог да убије ("Engaging Enemy" in KnightWalker Language).

All KnightWalkers, All Jokers and drones pointed their guns at the group, they were literally surrounded in a circle.

''The Cyborg that left from the small KnightWalker ship was standing there without moving a finger. The place was in complete silence, however, the shots and explosions that were happening throughout the city could still be heard.''

"..................."

''- Cyborg: .......... Напад ("Attack" in KnightWalker Language).''

''Several drones and bipedal tanks charged at the 79th Division. The KnightWalkers and All Jokers started to shoot.''

''​Accompanied by Mikihiko's voice, the bipedal tank appeared from behind the building. The subby legs with treads attached. A slightly elongated body. Until this point, all features were uniform with bipedal tanks. However, the right arm was equipped with a chainsaw and the left hand had a pile driver with gunpowder, which were equipment that was impossible on a normal bipedal tank. If the heavy machinery used to clear away obstacles in disaster zones was modified into human form, it would undoubtedly look like this. In addition, there was a Howitzer mounted on the right shoulder and a heavy machine gun on the left shoulder.''

''When the drones charged at the Division, a rain of bullets was coming towards them. Jellal quickly activated his shield again around the group. The bullets were blocked when they hit the shield.''

- Roy: They are sending the robots to close combat while the humans are behind the lines, huh?

''As if in disbelief that his imagination had turned into reality, Roy's voice hitched. By his side, Cryska directed a chilling gaze at the nefarious looking mobile weapon. Once the bipedal tank entered her sight range, Cryska unleashed her magi-tech.''

''All three machines halted their footsteps. Their treads were frozen through, prompting them to come to a stop. The fact they didn't tip over demonstrated the superiority of their balancing modules. But the legs were not the only things that were frozen. Cryska's magi-tech was not child's play.''

''Cryska, Roy and Cassie charged at the enemy troops behind the lines while X-23, Jellal and Takeshi attacked the bipedal tanks and drones in the front. The place quickly turned into a bloody battlefield.''

''Seeing that the weapons were disabled, X-23 immediately charged. X-23 swung her claws at the front armor of the bipedal tank. The front armor had been sliced diagonally. All that remained was a thin bisection line that could barely be seen. Red droplets slowly drizzled down from there.''

As if chasing the lithely retreating X-23, the bipedal tank collapsed by the roadside.

X-23 noticed that 2 bipedal tanks behind her.

''Although he was a step behind X-23 out the door, in terms of who took out the prey first, Takeshi had the mastery. He had adjusted his headset in a flash and used his left arm to hold the handle of his sword steady as he fell into a stance. At this point, Takeshi's magi-tech was already activated.''

''Takeshi then flew through the air with his jump. In that instant, Takeshi's silhouette vanished. At least, he vanished from Jellal's eyesight. Immediately afterward, a shattering roar was heard. That was the sound from antique waste disposal facilities where metal was being crushed. Takeshi maintained the swinging posture of the odachi. The red fluid staining the blade was unquestionably the pilot's blood inside of the bipedal tank.''

''When Takeshi lowered his sword, he looked up and saw 3 battle drones flying. Takeshi looked at them wide eyes when the drone of the middle activated a machine gun is its hand and shot at Takeshi, however, Jellal quickly summoned a shield of energy and the bullets were blocked. 2 drones that were flying charged at Jellal with laser sword. Those drones were huge, they had at least 5 meters. The two drones swung the giant laser sword that was moored in their hands at Jellal. However, Jellal was dodging all attacks just as random jumps, the two drones were giving fast and continuous attacks but Jellal was a master in martial arts, none of the swords touched him.''

''Jellal was tired of that and unleashed all the magi-tech inside his body. When that happened, a huge golden aura surrounded his body, the whole place was engulfed by a golden light, forcing everyone in that place look at Jellal's diretion. The drones stopped their attack as well. ''

- Jellal: Don't you dare to use low attacks like that against me!

The Cyborg that was watching the battle finally moved his body and crossed his arms.

- Cyborg: ......!

''Jellal raised his right hands towards the drones, few moments later, the golden aura around was sucked into the palm of his hand. The sky become dark in a blin, that probably happened because Jellal's magi-tech was interfering in the Earth's gravitational field.''



''A small golden ball of energy was formed in the palm of Jellal's hand, this energy was emitting a thin audible sound and very was shining. Jellal bit his lips and shot the ball of energy against the drones, energy ball hit the drone of right side and blew the two drones. The explosion was so huge that the explosion was seen across the city, the ground shook like an earthquake.''

''A smokescreen swallowed the Plaza, when the smoke was down, a huge crater was at the place where the explosion happened. There was trace elements of the drones, however, Jellal was standing in the same place without any damage. Few moments later, the dark clouds dispersed because Jellal had launched his attack.''

- Roy: This is...!

- Cassie, Roy, X-23, KFP Soldier, Takeshi, Cryska, KnightWalkers, All Jokers & Meta-humans: !!!!!!!!!!!

The Cyborg let out a evil grin.

- Cyborg: This is amazing...

The KFP soldiers wasted no time and shot at 9 KnightWalkers and All Jokers while everyone were shocked with Jellal's power.

- KFP Soldier 1: Get them!

''With the voice of the soldier, everyone looked at the battlefield in front of them again. The KnightWalkers changed theirsights and shot at enemies in front of them. The 79th Division also returned to their senses and battled the drones in front of them.''

''Cassie looked towards her next prey; it was a All Joker shooting at X-23. Roy was already closing on the next target. A second later, Roy and covered his ears before the shattered the bipedal tank with with his fire wave. The other half of the "KFP guard" team — which was the "defense" team— also engaged the bipedal tanks in battle.''

- KFP Soldier 2: Incoming enemy tanks! ''When the soldier said this, Cryska spread out the Activation Sequence to activate her Ice Magi-Tech. Two atypical bipedal tanks appeared. Unfamiliar with the types of weaponry, Cryska wasn't really surprised by their odd shapes. Without any additional considerations as a burden, she released the prearranged ice magi-tech. The paved road gave way to fine thin ice to form a swamp with the water that welled up from the slight oscillations in the earth. The bipedal tanks sank down roughly a head's length because their feet sank into the earth.''

''Standing to the flanks of the immobile bipedal tanks, X-23 and Takeshi appeared. Takeshi attacked from the skies with his magi-tech katana. There was no way the pilot of the bipedal tank could react to that sort of speed in time. Like a hawk descending from the heavens, Takeshi smoothly cut a deep slash across the pilot's seat.''

''​The bipedal tank whose pilot's seat was cut in two finally went silent. The other bipedal tank turned its other body to meet Takeshi, who was closing in while pressed low to the ground. He was still a step away from entering close quarters combat. The muzzle of the machine gun pointed at Takeshi, but no bullets spat out.''

''Behind Takeshi, a laser kunai knife came flying to impact on the machine gun and knock it off the bipedal tank's shoulder. Diagonally behind Takeshi, X-23 readied another laser kunai and threw it. The two kunais returned along their flight axis back into X-23's hands.''

Knife throwing. ''Seeing that the firearms had been taken out, Takeshi took the last step forward. A giant saw was being brought down on his head. However, he had already seen through its trajectory. His body naturally began to slide and Takeshi's blade bisected the bipedal tank's left leg. The bipedal tank body came crashing down. Takeshi cut off the pile driver at the base as he fell back and then looped around the side to plunge the blade into the pilot's seat. The feeling that traveled across his hand told him he penetrated flesh. Takeshi's face twisted slightly as he pulled the blade out and leaped far away from the bipedal tank. The expression on his face was most definitely not a smile.''

 Jellal saw 20 All Jokers running towards the 79th Division and started to run towards the battlefield to help them.

- Jellal: 79th Division!

However...

''- (???): Right! Stop right there!''

''A black figure jumped in front of Jellal. The black figure jumped so fast that Jellal could barely see who was the person. The black figure swung his  arm towards the ground and the wind of his hand cut the floor, creating a small smokescreen around Jellal. Jellal covered his eyes with his arms and slowly lowered his arms to see who attacked him.''

- Jellal: You...

''Yes, the person there was the Cyborg that was watching the battle. The Cyborg was not wearing his hood anymore.''

- Cyborg: I'll be your opponent, Magician.

- Jellal: Who are you?

''- Cyborg: I'm Cavalo de Troia, the 009 Experiment from KnightWalker Family and the 10th most powerful Cyborg in the world. I serve Eckidina KnightWalker as Special Commander in Eckidina's Horsemen.''

''- Jellal: The 10th most powerful Cyborg in the world... Hmm. I show honor for my enemies but you lost my respect when you said you serve Eckidina.''

Jellal smiled and unleashed his magi-tech in his body.

Part 5 (Final)
<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> War Situation 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 4:30 PM 

''By 4:30 PM local time, the battle was starting to turn around even without the help from the KFP Army from Los Santos commanded by Jellal Fernandes. There was only one hour for the arrival of KFP in Liberty City.''

''Originally, the invading army never planned to get bogged down for a long fight. There was only two invading warships from KnightWalker Family flying above Liberty City; they were not working very closely with the soldiers who infiltrated ahead of time. The initial objective of the surprise attack was the Majestic Building and the Underground Conference Hall (though this attack was just an insane way to Eckidina express her anger) but due to the fact that insufficient forces were committed, only partial damage was caused to the building. ''

''Even so, they originally anticipated only police resistance as they took control of key objectives and kidnapped civilians, hence they only invested a small force. Yes, there are 5 million KnightWalkers attacking the city but compared to the original KnightWalker Army that is composed by 500 millions (Drones, Meta-humans and Cyborgs count too), that number of KnightWalkers attacking Liberty City is small. However, a major miscalculation came from the fact that the Global Pact Defense organized volunteers for defense much faster than they expected. Of course, there was also the fast reaction time from the KFP. One hour after mobilization, a battalion of reinforcements had appeared to shield the fleeing civilians. ''

''Since the nearby enemy started retreating, the battle turned into a peace-keeping sweep. Beyond verifying the identities of evacuating civilians, the situation was improving rapidly. However, the young men and women stuck in the heart of the maelstrom had no inkling of this.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Eckidina KnightWalker's Cruiser 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Fleet 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 15.000 kilometers above Japan 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Space 



''Inside the flagship of KnightWalker Fleet, Eckidina was seated in her sofa looking at the huge screen in front of her, she was watching the Liberty City War through the HIV drones' images that were flying the skies of Liberty City to offer unpublished images of the battle. However, Tomas destroyed all HIVs drones above Liberty City.''

''Eckidina didn't bother to hide her grim visage at the continuously worsening situation of the battle. In order to succeed, this operation called for two warships to blitzkrieg the enemy nation, accomplish all the objectives, and evacuate before the enemy could respond. According to this design, the first phase of the mission was a complete success. While the enemy's fast response time was within predictable parameters, the strength of the civilian and military resistance surpassed all prediction. Based on the original plan, they should already have shifted to the withdrawal phase, but while they were bogged down with the resistance from the volunteers, the enemy's encirclement was complete.''

When Eckidina was looking at the screen, a male voice came out of a speaker in her desk behind her.

''- Speaker (male voice): *Lost contact with all unmanned observation drones! Milady Eckidina!*''

''Upon her subordinate's report, Eckidina couldn't help but smile. She changed her position and laid on the chair. Even the last unmanned drone had been shot down. Now, she could only issue orders with the intel she had on hand. She mentally railed at Cavalo de Troia, who was currently deep in the enemy formation and still had yet to send the signal, before ordering the troops headed north to retreat. ''

However...

- Eckidina: Captain.

- Speaker (male voice): *Yes?*

"........"

- Eckidina: 'Use the Hlokust cannon of the ship, the target is the West of Liberty City. Let's kill Kyouhei and his army at the same time!'

"........!!!!!!!!!!!"

''That scene was happening again... Since the male officer was speaking from the bridge of the ship, everyone there heard her words. Yes... the Hlokust Cannon... the Cannon that destroyed Fiore Kingdom years ago. At that time, Eckidina was a kid.''

Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;">Scenes from LOTM: Sword of Kings: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine - Sad Happiness

(- Narrator: That scene was happening again... The day that Eckidina destroyed Fiore Kingdom with the Hlokust Cannon...).

''Eckidina was watching all battles in the screen of the command post of the ship. All officers were scared from the gore scene down there but Eckidina was laughing.''

''- Eckidina: This is a problem... The battle where King Leonardo is fighting. Haha, 1 million and 300 thousand of the Elite Soldiers Vs. 700 thousands of KnightWalkers assassins. According to my calculations, 45% of the country is under our control. My favorite part is not the battle but the HOLOCAUST! I want to enjoy the show of this war but I prefer the genocide of the people of this country. Captain.''

- Captain: Yes?

''- Eckidina: Use the Hlokust cannon of the ship, the target is the beach of Fiore Capital. Let's kill all Elite Forces, King Leonardo and Queen Liza at the same time.''

''- Captain: What!? But our men are there!''

''- Eckidina: We have more of those "things" in the Imperial Center. Do not worry about trivial matters.'' "......................................................................................"

- Captain: Why....?

- Eckidina: Because the "why" is the point.

Eckidina smiled and showed her tongue to the captain.

''- Captain: I understand, Milady. I'm going to give the order. All workers and officers of the Main Operational Cannon! Prepare the energy battery and reload the main cannon. The target is beach of Fiore Kingdom! Burn the Elite Forces to the ground!''

''- KnightWalker Worker: Positive! Loading Cannon in 5 minutes, 4% of the energy is already complete!''

- Eckidina: No war, no fun.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile in Fiore Capital Beach 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Beach Battlefield 



''Leonardo was side by side with Liza, butchering and beheading all enemies that surrounded them. Several cries of death and war cries were heard everywhere as a rain of blood upon the site. And eventually, some of the KnightWalkers ignored Eckidina's orders and started to use guns.''

- Liza: Cowards, they are using guns.

''- Leonardo: Wow, you're good. This is the first time I saw you fighting.''

''- Liza: Well, I was born in the slums of this country as a poor girl, I came from a cruel world so I know how to look after me. Thank you for taking me out of that world. I love you, again.''



''- Leonardo: Fufufu, okay. I love you too. But... I think our war is over.''

''- Liza: Yeah... the KnightWalkers are above us.''

''Liza and Leonardo looked up and saw Eckidina's ship preparing to shoot with its cannon. A very shine purple light illuminated the beach, all soldiers looked to the sky, KnightWalkers and Elite Forces members.''

Liza and Leonardo held their hands while smiling an looking at each other.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Eckidina's Ship 

- Eckidina: FIRE!

The ship shot on the beach, creating a huge nuclear explosion that wiped the city, killing all civilians, KnightWalkers soldiers, military soldiers, police officers, law enforcement officers, children, women, animals and the elderly.

''The sky was dark while a red light illuminated the whole country, generating a massive earthquake across Europe. Eckidina's ship was caught in the middle of the explosion but the ship had a very powerful armor, preventing anything happen to that ship.''

- Eckidina: 'HAHAHAHAHAHA!! WELL, WELL! NOW THAT IS BEAUTIFUL! SEE! LOOK DADDY AND MISOGI-CHAN! WHAT BEAUTIFUL EXPLOSION! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!'

- Captain: What we have done...''

- KnightWalker Officer 1: Dammit...

All KnightWalkers there covered their faces with his hands to hide their scared faces.

Juria KnightWalkers, the head of the KnightWalker Family, and the rest of the KnightWalker Council watched the explosion by satellite in shock.

''The destruction of Fiore Kingdom started the Cold War II. 200 millions of people lost their lives and the massacre was know as Gate to War. Eckidina destroyed Fiore Kingdom, it was the largest massacre in human history. That was the day that Azul lost her biological parents. The day that started every single thing in Azul's life. Azul Jissele, was know as Yona Lindray when she was a baby, she was the next Queen of Fiore Kingdom... Before Eckidina destroyed it and started countless wars around the world.''

Nowdays
<p style="text-align:center;">

<p style="text-align:center;"> Eckidina's Room 

''- Speaker (male voice): *Milady... Not that thing again... If we destroy Liberty City, all nations in the world will turn against us. Even the KnightWalker Family don't have enough power to fight all nations at the same time.*''

''- Eckidina: Hmm. You have a point, but we have options. If we hit LC with the cannon, the America will surrounder to us with just one attack. Imagine that!''

''- Speaker (male voice): *But... If Juria---*''

Eckidina interrupted the officer.

''- Eckidina: Ah... Daddy. Don't worry. He's VERY busy right now. He is focusing on Tokyo.''

- Speaker (male voice): *Yet.....*

''- Eckidina: Hahaha. Don't worry. I'm not asking to use the Cannon at 100%. I'm asking to use the cannon at 5%. I'll fire only to give them a warning.''

''The KnightWalker Officer smiled after hearing Eckidina's soothing answer. When Eckidina destroyed Fiore Kingdom, she used the cannon with 100% of the power of destruction, when the cannon is 100%, it has the power to destroy an entire continent. To be more precise, the Hlokust cannon has the power to destroy a small nation, countries like Madagascar, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Philippines are small countries and are easy targets for the Hlokust cannon.''

''- Speaker (male voice): *I see. If this is the case, so there is no problem.*''

- Eckidina: Do what must be done, captain.

- Speaker (male voice):  *Roger.*

The speaker was turned off.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Funeral Parlor Building 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KFP Branch of Bay Hills 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 05:10 

<p style="text-align:center;"> (50 minutes for KFP Army arrival) 



''The battle spread through the four sides of the KFP building. 400 men from KFP fought 5000 men from KnightWalker Family at four points around the building. If anyone was to analyze the situation between the KF and KFP, the defeat of KFP is guaranteed, however, rebels from KFP have Artificial Demons and have more experience in physical combat.''

In matter of training, the rebels from KFP is superior to KnightWalker Family because the KnightWalkers are not trained in all types of environments and are trained only to kill and follow orders, they are unable to act on their own for fear from being executed in the court martial.

''Despite the strong resistance of the rebels, several enemy ships were firing missiles at the building, destroying the structure slowly. Whenever any ship fired against the building, cement pieces fell on the heads of the rebels, coming to kill some of them by head trauma.''

''This battle was very different from another battlefields across the city. In this battle, there were no friendly or enemy lines, the fighters were all in the same place as if it were some of the ancient battlefield. The KnightWalkers and rebels were literally fighting just a few centimeters away from each other. In this battle, firearms, knives and swords were used. There were no laws in this battle, that kind of battle is certain death for both sides.''

''The volunteers and guards from the KFP were forced to retreat step by step. The enemy's unit was plainly their main force. The unit advancing to the north was a mixed unit of APCs and bipedal tanks though the primary force composed of APCs, but the enemy force assaulting the KFP branch was composed of special bipedal tanks designed for close combat along with multiple Magicians and Cyborgs alongside. Wild beasts that looked like dogs turned into fiery bombs. They were chemical congregations created by Ancient Magi-Tech to mimic the monster called the "Wazawaito".''

''​Just when they thought that was all there was, a one legged crane-like bird dispersed flaming ash and vanished. They were chemical congregations also formed by Ancient Magic that imitated the form of monsters called the "Hitzukata". Ancient Magic from the mainland swarmed the volunteers and soldiers from KFP. The KnightWalker Family were applying unique magic and bipedal tanks with enchanted defenses to crush the volunteer unit's formation.''

The Magicians and soldiers from KFP quickly retaliated with modern magi-tech that was swift to cast with instantaneous effect, but they simply couldn't handle the overwhelming enemy numbers.

- KFP Magician: Damn it, retreat!

A magician that was shooting at the KnightWalkers from a hole on the building yelled at the 120 men in front of him.

- KFP Soldier: Fall back and reestablish a new defensive line!

It sounded like their morale had not broken, but in the face of such force, the only ones who could say so were the ones who fell back within the new protective line.

- (???): Do not retreat!

''At this time, a roar shattered the soldiers' cowardice. The avian chemical congregations that spewed fire were smashed to the earth and faded into ash. It was as if they had been swatted aside by a giant hammer.''

- KFP Soldier: ....!!!!

''- (???): Arise, you who wield magi-tech and serve the KnightWalker Funeral Parlor! Protect our homeland from falling into the clutches of these wretched invaders!''

''Ahead of the soldiers, a blonde tall man walked before them. It was Kyouhei Kannazuki. There was a strong man beside him, it was Tarma Roving. Kyouhei and Tarma arrived at the building just few minutes ago. Kyouhei raised his arm and swung it forward. Although the swing was not made with great force, But at the same time as the swing, one of the enemy's heavy tanks collapsed.''



''The implication of this action was blatantly clear in everyone's eyes. The same thing happened once more. The mechanized weaponry with magically fortified defenses from the All Jokers and KnightWalkers were being destroyed like toys. APCs, bipedal tanks, heavy tanks, drones and battle drones. Ony by one, the KnightWalkers vehicles were being destroyed. However, there were 93 enemy vehicles at that moment, there was no way Kyouhei could destroy them all alone.''

- Tarma: FOWARD!

''A thunderous roar sounded all around Kyouhei while the KFP soldiers summoned their Artificial Demon weapons and loaded their guns, and charged at the enemy. The All Jokers and KnightWalkers shot at the KFP from distance but Kyouhei was using his Magi-Tech shield in his subordinates.''

''That was the triumphant shout of the KFP soldiers who were previously in an inferior position. Kyouhei hid the feelings of shame deep in the pits of his heart. He was not childish enough to believe in absolute justice. Nor did he only seek personal advancement and freedom like an adult. But he was very clear on the role that fell to him. The enemy didn't take very long to recover their wits. They were not very clear on exactly what Kyouhei did. ''

''Still, even the dullest of their men knew that Kyouhei was the one who launched the magic-tech attacks. The bipedal tanks leveled their weapons at Kyouhei with the churning of treads. Not one, but three tanks attacked as one unit. Apparently, the enemy was nothing more than inept soldiers who could only rely on their equipment. However, the result was that none of the three bipedal tanks could advance a single a meter, nor could they fire a single bullet.''

The only thing Kyouhei did was to simply reach out with his right palm.

''That alone was enough to render the bipedal tanks into scrap. Multi-Layer Barrier Magi-Tech "Phalanx". This magi-tech was not only used to block the enemy's attack. Its true value lay in its ability to annihilate the enemy and it existed for this purpose.''

''Fire and thunder came crashing down on Kyouhei. Ancient Magic attacks that had to go through various procedures and could not affect the Eidos without physical phenomena changes were the easiest opponents for Kyouhei. In the air, he erected heat resistant and lightning resistant barriers to protect himself and the volunteers surrounding him. Along with the escorting soldiers at the front, he sent the enemy Magicians flying. The appearance of a single person completely turned the battle around.'' Kyouhei looked foward and saw that the barrier surrounding the building was destroyed by enemy helicopters. More enemy tanks entered the base. The KFP turrets started to shot down the helicopters.''

- Kyouhei: Tarma!

Tarma shot a All Joker 10 meters away from him with his rifle and turned around to see Kyouhei.

- Tarma: Yes, sir?!

''- Kyouhei: I'll let this battlefield with you. I have to help the rest of the defenses.''

Tarma saluted.

- Tarma: Roger!

- Kyouhei: Hum!

''Kyouhei turned around and jumped far away from there using his gravity magi-tech. Tarma then turned around and shot a low-class level Cyborg behind him.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Liberty City 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Main District 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes later 

'' It had been hours that Frost had taken all the politicians who were in the National Conference Hall to the underground shelter. However, her duty was not over yet.''

''Killer Frost joined dozens of other divisions around the city, she allied herself with the other squads and left randomly around town to regroup the survivors divisions to defend the airport was under attack. Thanks to her Ice Magi-tech, she easily beat several enemy divisions.''

''However, at the National Airport, the situation was complicated because the KFP had any soldiers there to defend it. Only the NOOSE, military and LCPD were fighting against the invaders. However, the NOOSE and the police were giving a hard time for the KnightWalkers.  In the main district of the city, Frost rescued a group of civilians and called for air transport to take them out of the city. Two helicopters arrived on the scene and all the civilians went smoothly. Moments later, the two helicopters flew out of the city with no problem despite hundreds of enemy ships are bombarding the city.''

Only one helicopter was on the ground.

- Frost: That was the last group.

On the side of the cargo helicopters, the civilian boarding was already complete.

- KFP Soldier 1: Secretary Frost, it's all up to you now.

- KFP Soldier 2: Don't push yourself too hard.

''The door of the helicopter closed. The helicopter took off.''

​''Suddenly, a black cloud appeared and rolled through the air. Without warning, a swarm of locusts came barreling down out of season. Even if they were only locusts, flying into the active intake was extremely dangerous. Also, this unnatural timing hinted at their supernatural origins.''

About to greet the helicopter, Frost immediately made the decision to activate her magi-tech.

''The swarm continued to close in on the descending helicopter. The ground KFP soldiers noticed this as well and shot at the swarm, however, there was no effect. Just as the locust swarm was about to engulf the helicopter.''

(- Narrator: What are that swarm in the first place? They are Bio-Locusts created by KnightWalker Family, in other words, they bio-weapons created by the KnightWalkers. They were only used for missions of espionage in order to capture useful informations and send the intel to the Command Center without a direct conflict, so they were never used in battle. Frost was a little surprised when she saw it because she never saw the KnightWalkers use those biological weapons to attack people).

Frost, however, simply activated her  Ice Magi-Tech; "Cold Smoke" 

''When Frost activated her magi-tech, a cold smoke came out of her hands and flew towards the swarm. The smoke engulfed the swarm. Moments later, all bio-locusts fell to the ground. They were frozen to death. The helicopter, however, was intact. Moments later, the helicopter flew away.''

Frost looked at her division.

''- Frost: Let's go! Let's free the airport from the invaders!''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Broker (Brooklyn) District 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Bohan Street 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later 



After being repulsed from the northern face of one of the hills near the GDP side branch, the invading forces looped back to launch their last assault from the south.

''They had completely abandoned any idea of taking hostages. Currently, they did not possess the troops to occupy the area for any duration of time. At the current rate, the only thing they could do was retreat empty handed. At the very least, the invasion force decided that they needed to seize the documents related to modern magi-tech stored at the Global Pact Defense side branch and kill as many Magicians as possible to decrease this country's available magic firepower.''

''Grasping the appropriate time to retreat was extremely difficult. Retreating was difficult enough after winning an advantage, but without any clear signs of imminent defeat, they couldn't simply abandon the field without anything to show for themselves. They would blunt the enemy attack then counterattack as they were retreating.''

''This tactic firmly placed all the momentum on their side, the CO of the maneuvering unit believed, hence morale remained high. The mobile force that only consisted of APCs and bipedal tanks had yet to encounter the enemy. This operation was devised under the assumption that the defending forces lacked mobility. The CO riding in the APC believed this assessment to be correct. ''

Exactly at that moment.

The soldier on guard who poked half his body out of the rear of the APC raised his head when he noticed black shadows flying overhead.

- All Joker: Hm?

However, this soldier was unable to discern the identity of these black shadows before a bullet fired from the sky hit him in the head.

''Amid panicked communication between the invading vehicles, all their weapons raised skyward. The unit in black descended rapidly from the sky as if mocking their paltry response — the flying detachment from the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion dropped onto the roof of the skyscraper next to the side of the road and started firing from above. Rifle bullets empowered with increased penetration fell like rain and pierced the bipedal tanks whose magic defenses had already been shredded.''

- APC Pilot Radio 1 (male voice): Enemy attack!

- APC Pilot Radio 2 (female voice): Wh-Where are they?!

''- APC Pilot Radio 3 (male voice): They're flying in from above! Engage them!''

''Concentrated explosions from grenades also took out the wheels on the APCs and burning hot shrapnel ignited the fuel into an inferno. It's not that the invaders offered no resistance on their part. Heavy autocannon turrets fired along the wall and took down the flying soldiers peering through their firing spots. Yet, the firepower from the unit in black never slackened. Rolling flames danced across the rubble, but atop the perforated roof, the incoming shots only intensified. The invading soldiers in the APCs and bipedal tanks now knew the terror of fighting undying monsters. Immediately, they had the opportunity to witness this unique ability in action.''

The bipedal tanks and drones fired missiles in all directions, hitting buildings and destroying some of them thanks to the bombs of the KnightWalkers warships that weakened the structures of the buildings

''One of the flying soldiers crumpled and fell on the roadside. He managed to avoid instant death thanks to the bulletproof properties of the pitch black armor, but that was undeniably a fatal injury. At this time, an obsidian demon with a black Artificial Demon Weapon in the form of pistol in his left hand, descended next to his body. He pointed the pistol at that soldier and the soldier's wounds vanished. Then, his right hand locked onto one of their bipedal tanks. Yes, the person who did this was Tomas Sevchenko.'' - Tomas: Destroying enemy tank.'' ​Noise suffused the machinery covered in armor, then the entire 3.5 meter tall mobile weapon faded into dust.

- APC Pilot Radio 1 (male voice): Demon!

''A terrified scream tore across the radio of the All Jokers. Some attempted to flee in terror while others chose to resist in horror. These two conflicting urges completely destroyed any semblance of order in the invasion force. Amid the panic, the only ending that awaited them was eradication.''

''The drones, however, were not humans and fought Tomas without problems. 5 drones charged at Tomas with machine guns and laser swords. 3 drones flew towards Tomas with laser swords and 2 drones stayed 20 meters away from Tomas to shoot at him with machine guns in their hands.''

''The first drone swung its laser sword towards Tomas' head, however, Tomas ducked and quickly focused his energy in his hand, and punched the drone in its belly. The eletrecity made a huge hole in the drone, after that, the drone fell to the ground.''

''The second drone activated two laser swords and swung its both arms at Tomas, however, Tomas simply flew up and hold the sword like scissors. Tomas then aimed his Artifical Demon pistol towards the drone's head and shot before the drone could react. The bullet destroyed the drone's head and exploded. Tomas flew away before the explosion.''

''However, one bullet from the drones with machine gun almost hit him in the head. Tomas looked down to see the drones shooting at him. But when he did that, the third drone with laser sword flew behind him and punched him. Tomas lost his stability and fell towards the ground, however, Tomas recovered from the punch and quickly aimed his pistol at the drones with machine guns. Tomas shot the drones on the core and both of the drones exploded. However, it was too early to celebrate, because there was the third drone with laser sword above him.''

''The drone quickly flew towards the ground while preparing its sword to cut Tomas in half. Tomas changed his expression to rage and simply pointed his gun at the drone above him. Tomas activated his "Instant Sun" magi-tech and pushed the trigger of the pistol. Without watning, the drone exploded on the air.''

''- Tomas: It's done. Time to move.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Eckidina KnightWalker's Cruiser 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Fleet 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10.000 kilometers above Pacific Ocean 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Space 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 5 minutes later 



''A few minutes had passed since Eckidina ordered to prepare the Hlokaust cannon to shoot. It did not take too long to prepare the main cannon, just a few minutes were necessary.''

After Eckidina ordered the main cannon of her ship to shoot Liberty City in United States, the ship left the KnightWalker fleet that was flying above Japan and headed to the Pacific Ocean, location near the continent of North America, the but near enough to fire the cannon.

''The cannon's blast can travel 90,000 kilometers away and can go as the speed of sound. Therefore, it takes too long to fire a second shot. Usually, Eckidina would like to finish it all in one shot without worrying to fire the cannon twice. When the cannon is fired twice, it takes at least five hours to shoot again while the first shot takes just a few minutes to shoot''.

- Speaker 1: *They energy is ready!*

- Speaker 2: *The main cannon is calibrated!*

- Speaker 3: *Target confirmed!*

- Speaker 4: *Ship is ready to the impact!*

- Speaker 5: *Nitrogen - Block 1 is ready!*

- Speaker 6: *Waiting for orders, Milady!*

''Coming from the several speakers installed in the bridge in the Eckidina's Cruiser, reports could be heard coming in one after another. Eckidina was seated at a long table with armchair and looked at the several data displayed on the crystal screen in front of her.''

''- Eckidina: I wanted to wait a little more. But I hate to think that Kyouhei is alive... Prepare to fire!''

- Speaker 7: *Roger!*

- Speaker 8: *Preparing Main Cannon!*

''When Eckidina said that, all workers on the bridge started to enter coordinates code on computers in front of them. Few moments later, the ship started to shake, well... because there was a huge light of energy being formed in the main cannon below the ship. '' The energy was so powerful that all the clouds were below the ship scattered for 600 kilometers away from the ship. The energy also generated fine and agonizing sounds, anyone who was outside the ship would have the ears of them destroyed.''

''The KnightWalker Captain, who standing beside Eckidina looked at her when he received a report from one of the workers. ''

''- KnightWalker Captain: The cannon is ready. Your orders.''

Eckidina let out a evil grin and stood up from the chair.

''- Eckidina: I don't waste my time. Fire! ''

''The workers didn't say nothing. They just started to shoot the Hlokaust Cannon, the most cruel and deadly weapon created bu humans.''

''Few moments, later the main cannon shot and a huge white light travelled through space towards United States at the speed of sound. Everyone on the KnightWalker Cruiser watched a huge blast going towards Liberty City from the space.''

"..............."

​"..............."

​"..............."

''Eckidina, whowas seated in her chair, looked down for a while. All workers looked at her with fear that she might do something bad. The captain turned his sights at her.''

- KnightWalker Captain: Milady, what's the problem.

Eckidina looked up and clapped her hands twice like she was praying to Buhda.

''- Eckidina: Ah... I forget Makarov is there...''

All KnightWalkers made awkwad smiles and looked at each other.

<p style="text-align:center;"> KnightWalker Funeral Parlor Building 

<p style="text-align:center;"> KFP Branch of Bay Hills 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 05:30 

''The battle for the KFP Base came to a final point. The enemy's attack slackened at an unnatural time. Based on Kyouhei's estimation, there should be some time left before the enemy broke away and fled. Still, even though this was ahead of schedule, Kyouhei was not one to let this opportunity slip away.'' - KFP Magician: The enemy is falling back!''Among the units formed primarily from the KFP, Kyouhei definitely belonged to the youngest strata. Irrelevant to this, Kyouhei naturally held the command for this position.'' There were people present with keen eyes that could see past his''appearance to discern his true age. Yet, no one objected to the leadership qualities that he possessed. Of course, the fact that his Magic Power utterly surpassed anyone present played a dominating role in that decision. Everyone present knew that had he not joined the battle, the side that would be pushed to the brink of disaster would be their own.Nonetheless, it wasn't through his power alone. Power was actually the secondary reason. The soldiers acknowledged Kyouhei as their commander because his roar dispelled their weakness. In reality, supply lines were integral to winning a war, just as the degree of training for soldiers was also important. Highly efficient troop transportation, delivery of supplies and communication were all vital in war. nHowever, after excluding all of those, the bottom line still came back to morale. Alongside that, several fighters from GDP attacked the enemy army, increasing the morale of rebels knowing that there are outside organizations supporting them.''

''The soldiers' fighting spirit sometimes led to victory despite inferior conditions. At least for land based battles, the fact that morale was integral to victory will likely remain unchanged for a long time. Thus, it was up to the commander to access that rare ability to evoke the soldiers' fighting spirit.''



- Kyouhei: Press forward together!

''Complying with Kyouhei's orders, an array of magic was released together. There was no mutual interference that led to magic nullification because all Magicians from KFP were using Gravity-Type Magic to bombard the enemy. Several helicopters from the US military also shot at the invaders, destroying half of the vehicles.''

''For the invading troops that were frantically trying to retreat, this attack was the straw that broke the camel's back. Most of the infantry and Magicians who had not boarded the mechanized units were taken out. The APCs and bipedal tanks that managed to sustain the barrage began to flee with a small group of soldiers and Magicians. Standing on top of an overturned bipedal tank, Kyouhei continued to use Phalanx to attack while swinging his arm forward.''

- Kyouhei: Advance!

 ''That was the order to pursue and deny the enemy any chance to regroup. The volunteers' morale reached the high water mark.''

However...

''Everyone stopped running towards the enemy when they saw a huge light beam falling from the sky. It was a huge white light beam. The light literally lit up the whole town. All soldiers KFP, GDP, and KF looked at the sky to see that weird thing. Even the battlefields stopped for a few seconds whens they saw that light.''

- Kyouhei: Jesus.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile in Plaza 

- Jellal: What's that...

''Jellal, Cassie, Roy, X-23 and Takeshi looked at the light with widen eyes. Cavalo de Troia, the enemy Cyborg lookd at that light too.''

''- Cavalo: Milady Eckidina... You should have waited.''

The KnightWalkers and All Jokers looked at that light too.

<p style="text-align:center;"> Different Places from Liberty City 

''It was a beautiful thing then it was obvious that some civilians opened their mouths in wonder, but what came next was terrible. A few seconds after the light entered the city skies and fell at Bohan District, the light disappeared and a gigantic nuclear explosion quickly swallowed half Bohan in just 1 second. The explosion was so great that the wind knocked down 30 of the Downtown building and took boats, cars and planes to all sides of the state. People were blown away as roles.''

''Killer Frost, who was in Downtown entered ina subway when the building started to fell. The entire Downtown was plunged into chaos and destruction as tons of smoke covered the skies of Liberty City.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> LOTM: Sword of Kings Spin-off - Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine

<p style="text-align:center;"> Episode 11: Liberty War Part 1

<p style="text-align:center;"> To Be Continued...

Afterwords

 * From CIS: The page for LOTM: Sword of Kings and LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow crossover is ready. See LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow & Sword of Kings Crossover - The Corbin Files.
 * From Cis: More pages about LOTM: Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine is ready. See Kureto Hīragi and Scathach.
 * From Prime: We don't had any episode last week because of Test Week in my College.
 * From Subjugator: This episode is written by Prime again. I'm having a rest for now.
 * From NightMareMistress: This is a serious episode. No MAD for this episode and the next one.