"What is the meaning of this Gene Smilas!" One of the politicians, with a nervous look, exclaimed.
He was not the only one, as the rest of the politicians looked a bit scared, an entire squad of soldiers had them at gunpoint.
"Isn't it obvious by this point?" He showed them his armband.
"Your pointless resistance against Anaheim ends today. Instead of allowing countless innocent people to die in a war that we can't win, we should join them instead.
As they say: If you can't beat them, join them." The traitorous general smiled as he pointed his pistol at the president.
"This is madness! You do realise that he will destroy everything we stand for?" One of the politicians exclaimed angrily.
"You mean all the corruption? All the red tape that caused us to be here? Our military technology is so backwards that we can't replicate Britannian fact spheres." Gene Smilas began to rant as he was the most pissed about this.
"And now all the corruption will cause your downfall." He motioned for his soldiers to arrest all of them.
"Did the Prince send a speech?" The General asked one of his officers.
"Yes. Several possible ones." The man offered a tablet.
Gene looked over, and a small smile appeared on his face as he saw his choices.
This was quite good! Fall of the EU because of corruption: a bunch of corrupt politicians will take the fall, and he will be the hero who brought the people into Anaheim, into the future of humanity.
"Good. Shall we?" He smiled as he motioned for his men to set up a live broadcast.
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Marcus, with C.C. on his lap, watched the live broadcast coming from Paris.
"I am here to announce that Parliament's corruption has reached the point that they needlessly insist on resisting the force that we can't stop.
Anaheim was clear about its goal to unite humanity by any means necessary, so it could focus on spreading human life through the stars.
Yet, the governing body insisted on holding its meagre powers even in the face of overwhelming numbers and technology.
Thousands of people lost their lives because of this.
That is why I staged a coup to take over the government and join Anaheim!" The man motioned for his soldiers, then raised Anaheim's banner while removing EU's.
"...My… you took over Western Europe while entertaining me." C.C. giggled, realising that midway.
"What can I say? This was in motion for a couple of weeks." He shrugged; she was not wrong and not right.
"Even so. The old continent is almost completely under you."
The girl realised that only some portions of Siberia are not under their control!
"...Don't forget Zilkhstan."
C.C.'s eyes widened now that it is a nation she is well aware of!
"...So you know?" She asked him.
"That there are TWO thought elevators there?" He raised one of his eyebrows at her.
"...There is a renegade group from the Geass Order. Led by a priestess with runaway Geass." C.C. explained to him that this time around, she was not hiding anything from him.
"Good to know. Whatever her Geass could be, I will simply use overwhelming firepower to make them capitulate." He said with narrowed eyes.
"Not necessary. But I understand that you have a bit of prejudice against Geass Order… considering what you did with it." C.C.'s gaze went to a child's skull floating inside a glass case. There was a red tattoo on the skull's forehead.
"You can put it like that. First, we will deal with Euro Britannia, then finish this Middle East country." He replied to her as he looked back at the speech given by the traitorous general.
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"Your Majesty. The EU has fallen." Bismarck, the Knight of One, said to his Emperor.
"...Hmmm…" Charles hummed as he looked at the world map displayed on a massive screen. He could see white and blue turn into Black and Purple. Anaheim controls more than half of the world.
"The Euro Britannia is on its last legs. All that is left is a few squads of Sutherlands that are trying to hold back the advancing Anaheim."
The Emperor sighed as he thought of the last stand.
"Do you think we can push them back. Bismarck?" The Emperor asked with a weary tone. He is proud that much is not negotiable, but he is not stupid enough to believe he can resist an Empire that he can't even see half of!
He doesn't have the means to see what is happening in space. But the number of times something descends from space only increases on a daily basis.
"...I will fight even if I know that I will lose, Your Majesty."
"I don't doubt your loyalty, Bismarck." Charles closed his eyes as he leaned into his throne.
"But I want to know what your military mind is thinking about our situation?" The Britannian Emperor asked.
"...if I can be honest…" The Knight looked a bit nervous.
"You can."
"...We will lose… by what I saw so far, Prince Lelouch will surround us from all sides. He will invade simultaneously from at least four sides." Bismarck looked at the man; he could imagine them invading from the Pacific, the Atlantic, the North Pole, and even the South Pole… considering they already have a presence in that region.
"...I was thinking the same thing."
Charles tapped the throne with his finger for a couple of moments before coming to a decision.
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In a forward base in Alaska, where a considerable number of Britannian forces have gathered, Glida Knights have returned.
The airships landed, and the soldiers disembarked. The mechanics and maintenance people rushed over to begin assessing the situation of their mobile suits.
At the same time, collect whatever loot they collected. Some of them were looking and found a considerable number of Setanta parts.
"How is the situation?" Merrybell asked, as she is not aware of what is going on in the world at the moment.
"EU has fallen; there was a coup." The lead developer of Zakus, Rakshata, said to her as she looked over the data they had gathered for her.
"...a coup? They joined Anaheim?" The Princess stiffened. If this is true, the time they have has dropped significantly!
"Indeed, and Anaheim forces are not stopping. They are close to pushing whatever is left out of Asia." The Indian lady said with a sigh.
"Perfectly honest, our situation is beyond bad. With current advancement speed, there won't be a Britannia in a month or so, that is me being generous." She explained to the princess and her knight.
"...It's that bad?" Oldrin was aware of the big picture.
"Haven't you been paying attention?" Rakshata raised one of her eyebrows as she was baffled by what she was hearing.
"...Umm… I was a bit preoccupied with my training." The blonde knight tried to explain her lack of knowledge of the current situation.
"To put it simply, Anaheim is picking up pace with its army buildup. According to my contacts in India, they are recruiting a massive number of soldiers and other personnel.
And I mean in thousands. I do not know why they need this much manpower, but it can't be that simple. If they are recruiting thousands, then they are making a similar amount of mobile suits."
Oldrin looked astounded by what she was hearing! These numbers are wild!
No matter how good she is inside a mobile suit, she can't fight such numbers!
'Those KK-Units shouldn't be able either…'
"In other words, Britannia is doomed." Marrybell sighed as she realised that this was the end of the road.
"You can't say that, Princess." The mobile suit developer joked. How could a royal say that!
"It's the truth. My older brother is going to conquer his homeland."
The girl didn't look that devastated by such a realisation.
In truth, she was a bit relieved; she wanted to speak with Lelouch. Find out what he knows because, from the looks of it, he knows much more than she does about Britannia and its secrets.
"Well, it depends on His Majesty if he wants to surrender."
Marrybell snorted after hearing that!
"With how proud he is, he would rather see his nation burn than surrender." The Princess was certain of that!
"...Princess…" Oldrin looked a bit spooked after hearing that. Is she certain that is the case? What about the people?
"You don't know him, Oldrin. I know." Marrybell said with a resigned sigh.
Sure enough, as they were talking, more airships arrived.
"...That flag… round table?" Oldrin looked at the new arrivals.
Moments later, mobile suits left the airships.
"...Are those… Setanta!?" The blonde looked surprised to see Anaheim's machines!
"...So they repurposed the acquired mobile suits." Rakshata immediately saw through this custom work.
"...They are re-using the looted mobile suits?" Marrybell asked, she didn't consider that!
"Not the easiest work, Anaheim's technology is very specific. It was not designed for use outside Anaheim.
From the OS to the cockpit, it needed adjustment. These machines are assigned to a pilot, and that's it. The seat needs to be adjusted afterwards if the pilot changes.
In other words, Anaheim uses from annoying to petty means to make sure their machines do not leak to the outside."
"Is that so? I didn't know that."
'Thought… that OS is annoying. I wonder if their retainers built one from scratch or if they altered the existing one?' Rakshata had a thoughtful look as she felt that these machines could turn on Britannia once they were on the battlefield.
There is a reason why she built Zaku from the ground up. Because after seeing what kind of computers are in Setanta, she had cold feet about using them in her new mobile suit.
"Like I said. Prince Lelouch, among other things, is petty. Do you think he will let these mobile suits so easily fall into the enemy's hands?" The woman sighed as she walked over with the two girls to see who was piloting these machines.
"Ugh… that's Luciano Bradley, the Knight of Ten." Marrybell grimaced after seeing who was leaving the Setanta. He was showing off his new machine.
"Oh, the Vampire. I heard he was sent to assist Euro Britannia but then got swiftly routed when Anaheim invaded." Oldrin rolled her eyes. None of them liked this guy.
"Well, Well, Princess Marrybell!" Luciano was followed by a small army of female pilots. This was his female squad: a show off, something like his harem.
"Knight of Ten, it would seem you are returning to the frontlines, with a new machine no less." The Princess replied as she looked at the custom coloured Setanta unit.
"Hmph, this time it will be different. This time, I have their technology, from their cockpit to the neural link they have. Even their beam rifle!
This time it's pure talent that will show the difference!" The man exclaimed proudly.
"Yes. You can now fight Anaheim regulars." Rakshata deadpanned.
"That's because you can't develop a machine that can keep up with those KK!" Luciano pointed his finger at the Indian lady.
"Yes, if you had recruited me years ago, it could be different, but I hate working under pressure. I hope that your… new machine listens to you, not to Anaheim.
After all, Prince Lelouch is as petty as the Emperor." The Mobile Suit developer showed a furious look before walking away.
Marrybell and Oldrin didn't want to stay with the Knight of Round any longer than necessary.
"W-Wait for us!" The pair chased after her.
"Princess… Oldrin, why don't you join my Valkyrie Squad?" Luciano tried to recruit them.
"Apologies, Ser. But, we have Glinda Knights to run." The Princess replied without even looking back at the Knight.
Oldrin completely ignored him as she chased after the Mobile Suit Developer.
"Hmph. We shall see how they act when I push Anaheim back, or capture one of those things." He turned around with a snort as he looked at his newest toy!
The Vampire was already at a point where he stands equal with Anaheim just because he is piloting a looted model of Setanta.
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