Chapitre 100: Cornelia, a battle without a winner
"This is a seventh generation Knightmare frame, making it have abilities far greater than normal..."
In the Knightmare hangar, Lloyd introduced Lancelot to Cornelia. As someone known as the goddess of victory and Britannia's wizard on the battlefield, of course Cornelia had an interest in Lancelot, the seventh generation Knightmare frame.
"I heard that Lancelot's pilot is an Eleven."
Cornelia suddenly talked about Lancelot's pilot.
"Yes, an honorary Britannia. However..."
Lloyd explained his reasons for choosing Eleven as the pilot.
Hearing Lloyd's explanation, Cornelia had no objections to Eleven becoming the pilot. For Cornelia who strictly followed Britannia's rules, she only cared about the weak and the strong.
The weak lost everything while the strong gained everything.
The Britannia Empire under Carles's rule In Britannia, it was very dominant and encouraged aggression. Carles's principle was that every human being was not born equal, they had to fight and they had to fight in order to advance. Carles adopted the law of the jungle to the extreme.
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Cornelia sat on the throne and listened to reports from the Britannian army which was previously under Clovis' rule.
"You all participated in the Shinjuku event, right?"
Cornelia asked those who participated in the Shinjuku incident.
"Yes, and we appreciate your forgiveness, princess Cornelia..." The soldiers thanked Cornelia for pardoning those who participated in the Shinjuku incident.
"That's not what I asked" Cornelia immediately stopped their words before they continued.
"How is the investigation about the strange incident where time covering all of Shinjuku stopped? And do you think it has something to do with Zero killing Clovis?"
Ask Cornelia about the mysterious incident.
"Your Highness, the incident happened suddenly and we don't know what happened. Based on the investigation, it is unlikely that Zero did it, because if he had that kind of power, then there would be no need to fight with us using strategy and help from the rebels. Regarding Zero's statement that killed His Highness Prince Clovis, it seems true, considering the strategy he had in the previous battle. So it is not impossible to sneak into Prince Clovis's castle while many soldiers were investigating the mysterious incident in Shinjuku" said a soldier who seemed to be a commander reporting the results of the investigation.
"I see" said Cornelia while thinking.
...
While Cornelia was holding a military meeting, Noah who had just returned from Hakone suddenly appeared beside Lloyd Ashburn who was researching something.
"Oh? Who are you? How did you suddenly appear here?" Lloyd asked Noah who appeared beside him curiously.
"Are you Zero? Or are you the one who made time in Shinjuku stop? .... it seems like the latter. You are the one who made time in Shinjuku stop " Lloyd continued to conclude based on the information he knew and Noah's strange way of coming.
As for why he was sure that Noah was the one who caused the time in Shinjuku to stop and not Zero, it was because as the soldier said before that if Zero had that much power then he would never have used various strategies and underhanded means to fight Britannia.
"Hmm... it's up to you to conclude" Noah did not deny or agree with Lloyd's guess.
Seeing that Noah did not deny or agree with him, Lloyd knew that his guess was correct.
"So what does someone like you want from me?" Lloyd asked with fearless curiosity.
"Lloyd Asplund, do you know anything about Vampires?" Noah asked without answering Lloyd's question.
"You mean the Vampires in mythical stories?, why do you ask that?" Lloyd asked.
"Are you interested in studying Vampires?" Noah asked calmly.
Although Noah's tone was calm, but to Lloyd who was a researcher and had recently become interested in supernatural phenomena those words were like the devil's temptation.
"May I study it?, but what will I pay to be able to study it?" Although Lloyd was excited to learn about the supernatural, he knew that there was no such thing as pie falling from the sky.
"There's no need to pay anything. This is a test I'm giving you, to see if you're worthy to follow me" Noah said as he took out Niel's corpse from the storage room.
Seeing how Noah made a corpse appear out of thin air, Lloyd became even more excited to immediately learn about the supernatural.
"You can study it as much as you like, I don't care, I just want to know your abilities" Noah said before disappearing.
Seeing Noah leave, Lloyd immediately examined the corpse with great enthusiasm and temporarily put Knightmare aside.
"Cecile, come help me..." Lloyd shouted calling his assistant.
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The news of Cornelia's siege of Saitama Ghetto broke the peaceful morning atmosphere.
Cornelia made herself bait and created the same situation as what happened in Shinjuku to force Zero out. This was a direct provocation to Zero as if to say I'm here, if you have the ability then do it like how you killed Prince Clovis.
Lelouch who saw the news on television immediately realized Cornelia's intentions, and knew that it was a trap. But even so he still had to enter the trap that had been set because he had his own reasons.
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Lelouch who was currently wearing a Britannia army uniform stood on the roof of a collapsed building and watched the Britannia army besieging Saitama and massacring civilians.
This incident was almost exactly the same as what happened in Shinjuku where the Britannia army was ordered to level the Shinjuku Ghetto.
"Which unit are you from, give me your unit name and your ID!"
While Lelouch was still thinking about his next move, a purple Sutherland landed beside Lelouch.
"Dario Torres, 3rd reconnaissance squad. I secured this item from the terrorists. Can I give it to headquarters?"
Lelouch said while holding a cassette in his hand.
When the Sutherland driver saw the cassette in Lelouch's hand, he immediately got out of the cockpit and intended to take it. But when he got out of the cockpit, Lelouch immediately controlled him with Geass and asked him to lend him his Sutherland.
Without the slightest hesitation, the pilot immediately handed his Sutherland to Lelouch.
Meanwhile, in a building in the Saitama Ghetto, the Saitama rebel forces are gathering to discusse how to escape from the siege of Cornelia's army.
"Are there any reinforcements from Akabane or Jujoh?" Asked a long-haired man who appeared to be the leader of the Saitama rebel forces.
"They haven't heard anything at all." Answered one of the members.
"Izumi"
A shout came from afar as one of the Saitama rebels came with a communication device in his hand.
"So is there any news from Todo or Kawauchi?" Asked Izumi, who was the leader of the Saitama rebels.
"Forget it. Take this"
"Huh?" Izumi confusedly took the communication device that was handed to him.
"This is Zero."
As Izumi activated the communication device, Zero's voice was immediately heard.
"Zero? You mean?" Izumi asked Zero.
"I know you've heard about the Shinjuku incident. Do as I say and you'll be saved" Zero's confident voice came from the communication device.
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Bang... bang....
As the two Sutherlands crossed the T-junction as ordered, the rebel soldiers who had been ordered by Zero to ambush immediately fired missiles and successfully destroyed the two Knightmares.
"Coming... they really came! Just like Zero said!"
After destroying the two Britannia Sutherlands, the rebel soldiers immediately became excited.
Under Zero's orders, the rebel soldiers immediately destroyed many Knightmares and Britannia military vehicles.
'Now, should I draw out Cornelia or create an opening?' Lelouch thought with a smug smile on his face as everything went smoothly according to plan.
The map on Lelouch's Knightmare dashboard displayed the position of the Britannia army deployment. Currently the Britannia army had surrounded the Saitama Ghetto in two layers of circles with the Cornelia mobile fortress in the North.
"R1, R2, keep moving back and bring them to position N2. B-7 fire at 2 o'clock"
Zero's orders were heard.
...Bang...boom
With a B-7 shot, a military vehicle immediately exploded.
While the rebel army continued to attack relentlessly, the Britannia troops continued to be defeated and wiped out.
A variety of military vehicles, tanks, helicopters, and even Knightmare continued to be destroyed.
'It seems like they are using the Sutherland they stole from us' thought Cornelia.
"This is the same as in Shinjuku"
Said a soldier who experienced the Shinjuku war.
Boom...bomm...bomm...
With the destruction of the overpass, almost half of the Britannia troops were wiped out and Cornelia ordered a retreat.
"Order all troops to retreat, this is enough!. Further damage is unacceptable"
Cornelia ordered calmly, Cornelia ordered a retreat not because she admitted defeat but this was part of her plan to capture Zero.
"To all troops! Retreat behind the Ghetto parameter immediately!"
"Don't care about formation! Retreat behind the Ghetto parameter immediately!"
The retreat order continued to be heard on the battlefield.
Seeing the Britannian army retreat, Lelouch immediately joined the Britannian army to approach Cornelia, planning to infiltrate like he did with Clovis.
Seeing Cornelia mobilize her knights to attack, Lelouch immediately gave orders to the Saitama rebel army.
"N1, this is Zero. You only need to attack the I.F.F signal"
According to Zero's orders, a Knightmare of the rebel army disguised as a Britannian army issued an I.F.F. signal to request assistance in order to trap Cornelia's army.
But Cornelia ignored the soldiers who were standing still and ordered to destroy them. She didn't care whether the I.F.F signal was true or false. Since she had ordered a retreat, it had to be obeyed, otherwise, she would only consider them as rebel soldiers.
Seeing Cornelia's reaction, Lelouch immediately understood that the plan to trap the enemy had failed and he changed his order again, but no one answered Lelouch's order because at this time the Saitama rebellion army had given up fighting because they were not confident in fighting Cornelia who was called the goddess of victory.
"Kill them all!"
Cornelia ordered to kill all the rebels who surrendered.
"Damn ..." all his troops had been wiped out Lelouch shouted angrily. For the first time Lelouch understood how a real war was fought.
A war cannot be won by someone alone without trained and trusted troops. Even if Lelouch is smart and can make brilliant strategies, but if no one carries out the strategy then how clever the strategy is is nothing more than nonsense.
"Mission accomplished! All troops, take formation number 4."
The battle order was repeated over and over again and the Britannia army immediately retreated and lined up in front of the Cornelia military fortress.
"Defeated this easily?! I haven't started the game yet! If only I had troops of the same level" Lelouch said annoyed, he decided to form his own forces so that today's incident would not happen again, but he had not given up on approaching Cornelia so he joined the ranks of the Britannia army.
"To all Knightmare pilots, immediately open your cockpits and show your faces to me!"
As Lelouch was thinking about how to approach Cornelia, Cornelia's order immediately made him sweat and he glared angrily at the Cornelia fortress from inside the cockpit.
"Cornelia!..."
Lelouch growled in anger.
...Rumble....
Knowing that he would be exposed, Lelouch immediately did not hesitate to activate his lightning power and made the sky within a radius of 1 KM dark before the sound of thunder was heard and flashes of lightning could be seen from time to time.
"What...what's happening...!"
"Why did the sky suddenly turn into a thunderstorm!"
The Britannia soldiers immediately panicked when they saw the oetir snake dancing in the dark clouds.
"Princess, quickly evacuate from here"
Guildford, Cornelia's knight, said quickly when he saw the lightning in the sky.
Thinking of the strange phenomenon in Shinjuku, Cornelia also did not hesitate to get down from a high place and move away from metal objects so as not to be struck by lightning.
Boom...bomm...bommm...
Explosions continued to be heard as
Lightning continued to bombard the ground indiscriminately. The less fortunate soldiers immediately turned into charred corpses from being struck by lightning. Both Knightmare and military vehicles were immediately destroyed to pieces.
"Zero!..."
Cornelia screamed angrily and looked at the sky that had returned to light and the ruins and corpses scattered with clenched fists and felt helpless in the face of terrible power.
She did not expect Zero to have the superpower to control lightning.
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Meanwhile, Lelouch who had escaped was squatting on the ground with cold sweat on his forehead.
Using such a powerful force is a huge burden for him and consumes all the magic power in his body.
Noah's youth protection not only gives Lelouch permission to use Noah's power, but also unlocks the magic power in his body before being strengthened by the youth protection. If the person who is given the youth protection also uses Noah's magic power, then Noah's power will weaken the more he uses the youth protection.
The reason why Lelouch has a strong magic power comparable to a C-rank Walker is because of his very strong mental power. If he did not have a strong mental power, then in the anime, he would not be able to give orders to the collective consciousness of humanity to obey his orders.
Although it is said that magic power is a power that is transformed by life force, but that is not entirely true, because in some worlds, magic power is transformed from mental power, an example is Danmachi. Every wizard in Danmachi if he uses magic, what is consumed is mental power, so it can be said that each world has its own rules and cannot be generalized.
Lelouch, who is now hiding in a safe place, begins to plan his next strategic steps. "I need to attract more people. We need more power, more weapons, and most importantly, have our own trained and trustworthy troops," Lelouch said to himself before disappearing into the shadows of the building.
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