Chapter 146 - The Beginning of The End Part 4

Location: Orbital Fortress Fleet Flagship, Command Room.

Time: ???

Sat on the throne overseeing the Control Room manned by multiple shipgirls, A-Dolls and Angie's Dummies.

On his left is Observer Zero while his right is Angie with a datapad managing the entire operation and data of the fleet.

"We are approaching the Origin Timeline." The ever drowsy and emotionless eyes of Observer Zero part open and look at the screen displaying the approaching end of the space-time tunnel. "Be prepared for attack. I have no doubt something is waiting for us upon re-entry to the Real Space." She warned.

Adam looks weary and tired yet unyielding in his appearance. The journey took a large toll on his Spirituality. However, that is going to end very soon.

"All fleets enter combat ready state upon exiting the Space-time tunnel." Angie relayed the order across the whole fleet.

Then, the Orbital Fortress on the lead punched through the membrane-like layers of dimensions, piercing it and tore open a space rift directly to the Origin Timeline Earth's orbit.

"All fleet, status report." Angie demanded as soon as they reached the destination.

One after another, each designated shipgirls identify themselves on the comms and inform the state of their Orbital Fortresses.

"The Orbital Fortress suffered no Hull damage. The forcefield absorbs all the spatial turbulence, Comrade Commander."

"Good. The fleet suffered zero damage. We can proceed to the next step." Angie informs Adam who replied with a quick nod.

The first course of action after that was to immediately deploy a disposable mechs battalion on the surface. It wasn't for fighting the Steel Leviathan that swarmed the ground. But to act as bait.

Suddenly, a few alerts played and Angie immediately put them on display.

"Spatial rift detected!"

"It's time." Adam mutters as his unyielding yet drowsy eyes open wide yet his tired form grows even wearier as shadow expand from his body and slip through walls before piercing through the Spatial Rift opened by the incoming opponent, no doubt being Bon Homme Richard who was under Deus X thrall.

"Master!" Angie's shouted that caused everyone to tear away their eyes from the large screen and turn to Adam.

"I am fine. Just a little over exertion." Adam shrugs off the blood trailing down his seven orifices and cleans them immediately.

Of course, Angie wouldn't trust his words as Unohana was alerted and moments later arrived and looked at his state with an expression that says she expected this. She quickly donated some of her Reiryoku to stabilize him.

"I am truly alright. The moment we arrived at the enemy world, I could instantly recuperate all my lost Reiryoku." Adam reassured them and ordered everyone to stop worrying about small matters like this and focus on attacking as the moment [Shadow] brought the entire fleet to Deus X's world, they would launch an attack immediately.

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The Bambies were on standby at the Orbital Fortress' hangar waiting for the battle to commence.

They were initially exempted from battle. However, they wanted to fight regardless and chose to participate. Especially so for Bambietta who found non-lethal sparring was incapable of scratching her itch for battle and venting her sadistic urges.

They were on the hangar bay near the pod launching station where the Mechanical Quincy Soldats were gathered and loading themselves into the pods.

Then they saw the familiar Quincy ability Shadow which is their faction's equivalent of Garganta or Senkaimon. A portal with access greater than the former two which is capable of even invading the spiritual realm and inside a person's inner mind. However, this is the first time they saw someone open such a large one which is big enough to fit the Orbital Fortresses.

Once the screen is engulfed by darkness. It lasted a few moments before they left the ruined world into another Earth-like world. Then the intercom immediately blared out orders.

"All logistical personnel to your designated battle stations."

"Charging main batteries and sub batteries 1 through 8."

"Rapid Amphibious Assault Units prepare for deployment. Immediate after the first battle phase."

The TSF or Rapid Amphibious Assault Units are already mounted on their designated drop pods while the Command Node Pilot Dolls get on their TSF which act as leader for their squadron of pilotless AI controlled TSF units. The Doll pilot was in case if they lost connection to the Central Command AI, the Pilot Doll can lead its squad to continue the objectives independently.

The Bambies watched as the main and sub batteries glowed in intense light as it charged up before launching a very powerful Orbital Strike at the area of highest population concentration, aka major cities.

The fireball of explosions were visible from the orbit as they watched. All showed no reaction after watching millions to billions of people getting evaporated away by the Orbital Strikes launched by the Orbital Fortresses fleet. After all, those humans are the enemy.

The fleet basically sweeps through all major population centers with Orbital Strikes in a matter of minutes. The clean up crews, the TSF units are sent down to clean up those that survived the Orbital Strikes

The pods are launched on the outskirts along with an army of Mechs that will assist the RAA Units.

It's a full blown genocidal attack. No warning. No mercy as death is their quickest and swiftest mercy Adam can afford to the billions he condemned to death for his victory.

The Soldats were deployed soon after the clean up crew. To deny Deus X even a morsel of its believers, the Soldats will form a massive array of Halos that influence spans the entire globe to perform a planet-wide Sklaverei to replenish his Reiryoku with the Reishi he devoured from the soul of the deceased.

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Location: Rhine Battlefront Theatre, ???

Time:???

"What! What do you mean we lost all communication when the Imperial capital!"

"Sir! Our enemies are temporarily halting their advance and experience similar chaos in their command chain."

"General, Sir! The communication officer requires your immediate presence!" A soldier ran into the room and alerted the Military General.

"Can't you see I am busy right here?" The General replied with immense frustration.

"But sir, the officer said this is of utmost priority. It's regarding the news about the Imperial capital and the world." The soldier insisted with a face filled with fear.

The General saw the soldier's face and noted the severity of the matter. The Empire and the World. Just what had happened.

The General left the command room and followed the soldier in a haste. They arrive soon at the communication room which is in near utter chaos as officers scramble to man those machines, shouting orders and communicating with the other army group and branches.

"Sir General! You finally arrived! Please hurry here. There is something you must know immediately!" The officer in charge of communication immediately passes over a report to the General along with a letter.

The General read both as a frown entered his face before turning grim as he grip both papers tightly.

"Is this true? Is it true that the Imperial capital with the other countries' capital was wiped out?" The General asks, still in disbelief and thinking this is just a bad dream.

"Yes, sir. During the chaos, we tap into all communication lines. Encrypted or none, both are transmitting the same information and it's an absolute chaos."

Then an officer suddenly sprung up from the communication hearing device.

"Sir!" The officer hands the earphone to his superior who grabs it under the General's watchful eyes and listens.

The officer's face turned pale before the earphone fell from his hand. "Impossible!" He said.

"What happened! Answer me, soldier!" The anxious General demanded but he obtained an answer soon.

"Control! This is Wolf 01 of the 16th Assault Mage Division requesting for reinforcement! We are being overrun by unknown enemies! I repeat! Requesting immediate rein— AAHHHHH!"

The transmission was cut by a horrible scream and the sound like the person was blasted open by powerful explosives.

The situation becomes apparent, an unknown enemy emerges. However, they are still in the dark about who the enemy is. Another country? It's very unlikely as all the immediate neighbors of the Empire seem to be under chaos too, perhaps by the same unknown enemy.

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Location: Rhine Battlefront Theatre, 203th Commando Flight Mage Wing

Time:???

What the hell is happening! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! What the hell!

Major Tanya Von Degurechaff, the Leader of the 203th Commando Flight Mage Wing of the Imperial Army.

It was a normal day on the not so peaceful Rhine Battlefront, the no man land between François Republic and the Empire, the meat grinder that kills thousands each day in a trench styled warfare.

As usual, her job is to lead her Flight Mage Wing to secure strategic objectives, intercepting enemy Flight Mages and assisting the soldiers.

But that's all gone when a pillar of beam suddenly drops from the sky. The Rhine Battlefront was situated just outside of the Empire's largest and most important industrial district working tirelessly to produce gear and munitions for the war effort. However, that was reduced to ashes.

Tanya and her Wing of Flight Mages saw the entire industrial district and possibly the capital engulfed by a gigantic fireball that reached kilometers into the sky.

Then a few minutes later, hundreds of black objects drop down from the sky, engulfed by flame.

Others might look confused but Tanya was previously a man from the modern world. Even if the modern military had yet to enter the age of Space Warfare, there is plenty in the media.

Of the hundreds of falling objects, a few dozen fell directly on the Rhine Battlefront. Just a few hundred meters before reaching the ground, the object fell apart and revealed a bunch of humanoid giants made of metals.

"What are those?" The Flight Mages wander in their shell-shocked state after the chain of events that happened.

"Those are robots… a futuristic mech." Tanya mutters as she is also in shock, anger, confusion and terror.

Tanya assumed it's Being X doing, to make her faithful or whatever he wanted. All the misfortune in her life is directly linked to Being X. So, it is natural for her to blame the same person for what's happening right now.

Once those giant mechs are freed from the pods carrying them, the pods explode and turn into shrapnels that turn a large swath of area directly underneath it into a kill zone. Then the mechs turn on their thrusters to slow their fall until they eventually touch down on the ground.

Tanya felt a chill run down her spine as the Mechs immediately equipped themselves with what seems to be oversized rifles, trained at the nearest sign of life and opened fire.

Soldiers of Francois Republic or Empire. Infantrymen to an heaving armored tank of the Empire, none was spared. The bullets from those mechs' rifles tore apart everything in sight.

Screams of terror, warcry of the determined and desperates filled the air, waking Tanya from her daze as she realized it wasn't another fever dream caused by Being X.

"Tch! All units! We are going into combat and helping our allies retreat!" Tanya orders as she remembers she is an Imperial Soldier, she has her responsibility even if an alien invasion is taking place.

"Yes!" Her unit replied with determination to answer their faith to her as their leader, overcoming their fear and fight.

Their Wing flew onward to battle and retaliated with an Artillery Shell spell to damage the gigantic mechs. However, their attempts were short lived because those magic Artillery Shells were stopped by some kind of forcefield similar to the Mage's Magic Barrier.

Also, because they revealed their firepower, the mechs immediately target the Flight Mage instead of the unit on the ground that pose them no threat. Prioritizing eliminating the Flight Mage first.

"Fly up and scatter!" Tanya ordered, thinking those Mech are incapable of flight and only a small jump.

That is indeed the case. For the original ones. The newer one was modified and is capable of flight with antimatter thrusters reverse engineered from the Gen 7.5 TSF.

Those Imperial Mages soon find themselves in a dogfight with Mechs that can fly better than modern day fighter jets.

One after another, the Elite Flight Mages of the 203th Commando Wing was overwhelmed by firepower and soon their Magic Barrier broke and their body was blown apart by the bullets the size of artillery shells.

Tanya could only watch. The Flight Wing that she painstakingly assembled and trained. Admitting it or not, they are her pride and joy. Her precious subordinates. To see them fell one by one like flies, hunted and shot down by the Mechs infuriated her that without her noticing, she already muttered prayers to activate her accursed Operation Orb, Type 95 Elenium.

Unfortunately, in a turn of events. Tanya felt her magic suddenly weakened and sucked away from her body. It was only then she snapped out from her daze and looked around to see herself was oddly enough ignored by the Mecha while people dropped dead one by one.

She can see weird bluish particles floats out form each person before they drop down lifelessly on their steps while the bluish particles floats up into the sky which she then noticed a gigantic five-pointed cross halo in the sky that hovers above a figure that look white and humanoid, up in the sky.

Then a few more pods fell from the sky. This time carrying a smaller and more variety of mechs that quickly kills the remaining living human.

Tanya watched in despair and helplessness as her mana was drained and there's nothing she can do but watch.

Her dream of a peaceful life in the rear was gone. The world might as well be ending at the moment. If she had a regret, that would be an opportunity to gut those gods that selfishly forced her into this difficult life.

Just as she laid on the ground awaiting her inevitable end, a robot dog walked up to her. She half expected herself to be shot with the laser that is its tail. But that didn't happen. Instead, something else unexpected happened. A holographic display showed a maid stern and professional expression on her face.

"You are a reincarnator right, Tanya Von Degurechaff. My master gave you a choice since you are against Deus X. Seek refuge and join us or die along with this world."

To say she was surprised someone would know about her being a reincarnator is an understatement. However, when Deus X or Being X was mentioned, Tanya had to agree that she is willing to join this unknown group for just the chance to escape Being X. Whether she is just escaping the pan and falling into the fire, can be discussed later.

"I will join." Tanya answered.

"Well then, hold on to Eric. You will be teleported to the Orbital Fortress along with the clean up crews." The maid replied before the holographic display was cut off and she was left on her own with the robo-dog named Eric which acted like an actual dog, playing with her while waiting for his mission to end.

"It's a pity that they all died. But at the end of the day, they are just my tool no matter how attached I am to them." Tanya mutters as she sits there on the now dead silent No Man's Land watching the white figure floating with the gigantic halo above it absorbing all the bluish particles while she wonders how long she would have to wait.

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