Chapter Summaries

Pamuzhuba piloted the Witch Hunter Saint Machine against Gundam Astaroth and Gundam Gomory, matching their close-combat skills despite heavy sensor interference. After blinding both pilots with a flash and pressing her attack, she ran out of handgun ammunition and switched to blades as Gundam Gomory struck at her again.

• Pamuzhuba entered the battlefield in the Witch Hunter Saint Machine and attacked Gundam Astaroth with its thruster-powered Single-edged Blade.
• Witch Hunter blocked Gundam Gomory's Battle Anchor and traded attacks with both Gundams, while Pamuzhuba discovered that interference had disabled her radar and targeting system.
• Witch Hunter's blade failed to damage Gundam Gomory's Hood Armor, and Pamuzhuba marveled at the strength of its Battle Anchor as the Gundam forced her onto the defensive.
• Witch Hunter used a bright flash to disrupt Mellis and Maoxile, then struck at Gundam Astaroth while its pilots' screens were obscured.
• Gundam Astaroth counterattacked, but Witch Hunter dodged its sword and fired Explosive Bullets before exhausting its handgun ammunition.
• Witch Hunter drew a Short Sword and pierced Gundam Astaroth's rifle, then dodged an attack from Gundam Gomory.

Mellis and Maoxile fought Pamuzhuba’s Witch Hunter Saint Machine until Hu Shifeng joined them, forcing Pamuzhuba and the Night Hunt Royal Knights to retreat. After the Iron Blossom Group regrouped, Anton told Mellis that all units outside Location 3 Boundary had been ordered back to Sub-base 12 for an impending major battle.

• Mellis and Maoxile teamed up against Pamuzhuba, whose Witch Hunter Saint Machine used its vibrating blade to hold them off until the blade snapped against Gundam Astaroth’s Y-Nano Layered Sword.
• Anton ordered Hu Shifeng to sortie in the Gusion Gundam Deep Re-forge Type, and Hu Shifeng’s arrival left Pamuzhuba facing three Gundams.
• Pamuzhuba sent a retreat signal, and the Night Hunt Royal Knights withdrew while the Iron Blossom Group stayed behind to clear the battlefield.
• Mellis recovered the broken blade fragment and returned it to the mothership for investigation, while Anton reviewed the Iron Blossom Group’s combat report.
• Anton gave Mellis the order for all units outside Location 3 Boundary to return to Sub-base 12, warning that a fierce battle against the Dion Army was coming.

As Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army prepared for their decisive battle, Long Fei defended human equality in a speech and condemned Fadis’s Newtype ideology. Nali then recounted how the Dion Empire’s discrimination had led to her husband’s death and explained why she wanted to defeat it.

• Skywing Mercenary Group gathered its forces at Sub-base 12 as war correspondents reported that both sides were preparing for a decisive battle.
• Gao Weide livestreamed the assembly at Base 12, showing Long Fei’s elite units and advanced military equipment to viewers across the world.
• Long Fei told his warriors that ordinary humans, Coordinators, and Newtypes were equal and urged them to oppose Fadis’s ideology.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries answered Long Fei’s call by shouting that everyone was equal.
• Long Fei invited Nali to speak, and she described how the Dion Empire had forbidden her from marrying her ordinary-human husband and said she wanted to prevent others from suffering the same fate.

Long Fei rallied the Skywing Mercenary Group before its decisive battle with the Dion Army, while Fadis prepared his own forces for the same confrontation. At the pre-battle feast, Long Fei told reporter Gao Weide that he and Fadis would never cooperate and warned that other nations hoped to exploit their war.

• Long Fei urged the gathered fighters to protect their loved ones and world by defeating the Dion Empire, and they answered with calls to fight.
• Leaders of various nations watched the speech and hoped the Skywing Mercenary Group and Dion Army would weaken each other, while Fadis delivered a speech to his own troops.
• Experts described the coming war as a clash between Long Fei's and Fadis's opposing views on Newtypes and coexistence.
• Gao Weide filmed the Skywing Mercenary Group's parade and pre-battle feast, where mercenaries ate, sang, danced, and shouted battle cries.
• Long Fei allowed Gao Weide to ask three questions, said he and Fadis would never cooperate, and warned that other nations might exploit the battle to seize technology.

The Skywing Mercenary Group's 1st Brigade Fleet gained the upper hand over the Dion Army's 3rd Brigade Fleet in an outpost battle, destroying enemy units and forcing the fleet to retreat. The Dion Army's situation changed when a brigade-level fleet of reinforcements arrived.

• On May 3, Cosmic Year 125, the Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army began fighting at the outer edge of Location 3 Boundary as journalists broadcast the battle.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group deployed Taurus and Birgo II units that operated normally despite Minov Particles and targeted the Dion Army's Anti-Minov Particle Devices.
• Skywing units destroyed Anti-Minov Particle Devices and disabled or eliminated Dion Army unmanned MS, while its superior machines and weapons inflicted heavy losses on the Dion Army.
• The 1st Brigade Fleet of the 9th Annihilation Corps advanced as the Dion Army's 3rd Brigade Fleet retreated to escape the Shieldbreaker Destroyers' Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannons.
• A brigade-level Dion Army reinforcement fleet arrived, changing the situation for the struggling frontline forces.

The Sky Wing Mercenaries’ 1st Brigade Fleet of the 9th Slaughter Corps fought on against mounting Dion Army reinforcements, while both sides suffered heavy losses. The Sky Wing Mercenaries’ 2nd Brigade Fleet arrived with the Iron Blossom Group and Mobile Assault Shell Unit, setting up a likely clash with the Dion Army’s Royal Knights.

• The Dion Army’s 2nd Brigade Fleet joined the battle, bringing the opposing MS and Mobile Armor forces to an even balance as the Dion Army committed more units to overwhelm the Sky Wing Mercenaries.
• A Mk III pilot fought off numerous attackers and destroyed four Scorpion Tigers, five Wingbirds, two Koukai, one Salamander, and two Azures before an Azure killed him.
• A Delta Plus pilot destroyed an Azure and attacked nearby enemies despite being surrounded.
• The Dion Army’s 3rd Brigade Fleet arrived with a Royal Knights unit, and the Sky Wing Mercenaries’ 2nd Brigade Fleet arrived with the Iron Blossom Group and Mobile Assault Shell Unit.

The Mirror Royal Knights deployed their Magic Mirror Saint Machines against the Iron Blossom Group and Mobile Assault Shell Unit, whose kinetic weapons were chosen to counter the machines’ energy-reflecting armor. The outnumbered allied forces inflicted heavy damage on some Mirror machines, though their pilots also suffered losses and faced a difficult fight.

• The Mirror Royal Knights deployed a brigade-level fleet of Magic Mirror Saint Machines against the Iron Blossom Group and Mobile Assault Shell Unit, which together had only two regiment-level fleets.
• The Iron Blossom Group and Mobile Assault Shell Unit entered the battle with kinetic weapons after learning that the Magic Mirror Saint Machines could reflect energy attacks.
• Shiden blocked Magic Mirror Saint Machine A’s shotgun blast and fought it with an electromagnetic gun and broadhead spear, while the machines clashed in melee.
• An Adele Strike Type pierced Magic Mirror Saint Machine B’s shield and machine with its Rutlibel Lance, and an Adele Sparrow Type cut Magic Mirror Saint Machine C into eight pieces.
• Magic Mirror Saint Machine D destroyed an Adele Standard Type with its beam machine gun, while Cronosian struggled to close the range against Magic Mirror Saint Machine E.
• The Mass Production Type ZZ Gundam, FAZZ, Baili, Leiying, and Shiden challenged the Mirror machines, whose damaged armor lost some of its beam-reflection ability and whose pilots found their opponents’ combat skills unexpectedly sharp.

The Skywing Mercenary Group fought the Mirror Royal Knights as its Gundams and other MS exploited the Magic Mirror Saint Machines’ weaknesses, though the enemy still held a numerical advantage. Vice-commander Gandalf then sortieed with senior personnel and knights to confront the opposing aces.

• AGE 1 Greatsword Type and the other Specialized Gundams destroyed numerous Magic Mirror Saint Machines, while the Skywing Mercenary Group’s repair facilities and MD units helped offset its smaller numbers.
• Chaplin and Gandalf reviewed the battle and recognized that the beam-reflecting Magic Mirror Saint Machines were vulnerable to physical weapons and that the Iron Blossom Group’s pilots were exceptionally skilled.
• Gandalf learned that Long Fei had developed a system that gave ordinary humans abilities resembling those of Newtypes.
• Chaplin ordered Gandalf to choose an ace-level Gundam pilot to fight, while other senior personnel and knights held back the remaining Specialized Gundam pilots.
• Gandalf sortieed in his Holy Mirror, leading sixteen senior personnel and three hundred and fifty knights into battle.

Anton sent Gundam Dablin and reinforcements into the battle, where Aiji joined Mellis against Gandalf and his Sacred Mirror Saint Machine. Aiji held Gandalf off while Mellis moved to help the other Gundams, and Gundam Dablin damaged Gandalf’s shield before a flash grenade gave him a chance to retreat.

• Anton sent Gundam Monley (Assault Type), Gundam Dablin, Baili, Leiying, Shiden, and two hundred MS units toward the combat zone.
• Mellis fought Gandalf’s Sacred Mirror Saint Machine, trading blows with its Purple Saint Sword, Purple Saint Shield, and ranged weapons.
• Aiji arrived in Gundam Dablin and fired at Gandalf, then agreed to hold him back while Mellis went to assist the other comrades.
• Gundam Astaroth charged toward Gundam Gomory as Gundam Dablin used its weapons and T-type Thrusters to keep Gandalf occupied.
• Gundam Dablin’s heavy strike damaged the Sacred Mirror Saint Machine’s right hand and knocked away its Purple Saint Sword, then its punch cracked the Purple Saint Shield.
• Gandalf fired the Sacred Mirror Saint Machine’s weapons and threw a flash grenade, using the bright light to pull away from Gundam Dablin.

Chaplin entered the battle in the Immortal Mirror Saint Machine and overwhelmed the Gundam pilots with his skill. After fighting seven Gundams at once, he summoned sixty Evil Mirror Saint Machines to surround them.

• Aiji used Gundam Dablin to suppress Gandalf's Sacred Mirror Saint Machine, while Maoxile and the others fought the four Evil Mirror Saint Machines.
• After Gundam Astaroth disrupted the enemy formation, Chaplin watched footage of the battle and led the remaining sixty senior members into combat.
• Gundam Gomory pursued the weaponless Sacred Mirror Saint Machine, while Trifer intercepted the Immortal Mirror Saint Machine and let Gandalf retreat.
• Chaplin's Immortal Mirror Saint Machine fought the Gundams led by Maoxile, Mellis, and Trifer, evading and countering their attacks.
• Chaplin declared he was done playing and fired a signal flare, bringing sixty Evil Mirror Saint Machines to surround the seven Gundams.

Trifer’s AGE 1 Greatsword Type was overwhelmed by Chaplin’s Immortal Mirror Saint Machine until Anton arrived in Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex to save him. Anton then faced Chaplin in a fierce duel that remained evenly matched.

• Chaplin sent the Immortal Mirror Saint Machine and other Evil Mirror Saint Machines to pressure Trifer’s AGE 1 Greatsword Type, exploiting his inability to counter their attacks and sneak strikes at once.
• The Evil Mirror Saint Machines trapped the AGE-1 with chain grapples, but Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex arrived, destroyed one attacker, and blocked Chaplin’s finishing blow.
• Trifer freed the AGE-1 and went to help the others while Anton confronted Chaplin, who identified himself as commander of the Mirror Royal Knights.
• Anton and Chaplin exchanged close-range attacks, acknowledged each other’s skill, and fought for nearly ten minutes without either gaining an advantage.

Museria joined Anton in battle against Chaplin’s Immortal Mirror Saint Machine, and together they forced it to retreat. Chaplin activated Efficiency Boost Mode, but the chapter ended with him stunned when Anton’s Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex countered an attack without activating a special function.

• Museria piloted the AGE-2 Phantom Type into battle, cut down several Evil Mirror Saint Machines, and relieved the pressure on the rescue units.
• Museria left Trifer to handle the remaining enemies and flew to help Anton fight Chaplin.
• Museria and Anton attacked Chaplin together, coordinating their strikes and driving the Immortal Mirror Saint Machine into wreckage before pursuing it into the sky.
• Chaplin activated Efficiency Boost Mode, and Museria followed, while Anton hesitated to remove the Alaya-Vijnana System’s restrictions.
• Chaplin attacked the Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex from behind, but Anton spun around and countered with his mace, leaving Chaplin stunned.

Anton and Museria defeated and captured Chaplin, commander of the Mirror Knight Order, after Chaplin’s Efficiency Boost Mode expired. The capture raised Skywing Mercenary Group morale, while Fadis learned of the defeat and reacted furiously.

• Anton and Museria trapped Chaplin’s Immortal Mirror Saint Machine between their Gundam units and AGE-2 Phantom Type, while Anton studied its movements.
• After Efficiency Boost Mode timed out, Anton and Museria disabled the Immortal Mirror Saint Machine, and AGE-2 Phantom Type cut off its left arm.
• Anton and Museria announced Chaplin’s capture, and AGE-2 Phantom Type carried him toward their mothership as Anton’s comrades intercepted pursuing Mirror Royal Knights.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group gained morale from the capture, while Anton observed that the Magic Mirror Saint Machines had weak armor and reviewed reports of heavy MS losses.
• A war correspondent reported Chaplin’s capture, and Fadis confirmed the news before flying into a rage.
• Escort Fleet MS units destroyed nearly fifty Magic Mirror Saint Machines with Mobile Drill Missiles and sniper fire.

During the forty-eight-hour ceasefire, the Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army searched for survivors, treated the wounded, and exchanged prisoners. Reports that the Dion Empire had sent children and teenagers to fight sparked global condemnation and protests against both the empire and the Skywing Mercenary Group, which continued exchanging them for its own captured comrades.

• Both fleets accepted a ceasefire and deployed search-and-rescue teams, Steel Ball Work Ships, and Steel Ball Rescue Medical Ships to recover survivors and clear wreckage.
• The two sides marked separate search areas, treated wounded enemy soldiers, and exchanged prisoners, with the Dion Army prioritizing native-born soldiers, Newtypes, and Coordinators.
• War correspondents filmed injured Dion Army prisoners, including children and teenagers, receiving treatment aboard Steel Ball Rescue Medical Ships, provoking worldwide condemnation of the Dion Empire.
• Human rights organizations urged the Skywing Mercenary Group not to exchange child and teenage soldiers, but the group sent them back in exchange for its captured comrades and issued a defiant statement.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group arranged detention for native-born Dion prisoners, handed Colony Sphere prisoners to the United Army, and returned enemy bodies to the other side.
• Rescue teams found dead teenage and child soldiers, and medical personnel showed regret and helplessness when they could not save the wounded.

After a 48-hour truce, the Sky Wing Mercenaries and the Dion Army resumed the battle for the outpost as both sides committed major reinforcements. Long Fei and Fadis watched the increasingly intense fighting, which left the outcome of the outpost and the center of Site 3 undecided.

• The Sky Wing Mercenaries broadcast footage of Chaplin captured and shackled, damaging Dion Army morale, while both sides repaired and reinforced their forces during the truce.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries used Haro-controlled external repair devices to restore and assemble mobile suits and weapons more quickly than the Dion Army could.
• Long Fei and Fadis assessed the strategic stakes of the outpost, with the Sky Wing Mercenaries aiming to hold their position until the Mars Sphere aligned with District 6.
• After the truce ended, both armies resumed fighting amid heavy beam and missile fire, and numerous mobile suits and pilots were destroyed.
• Battlefield reporters covered the clashes, including an engagement between the Royal Knights and Long Fei's direct units.

The Direct Forces fought the Mirror, Black Sword, and Sapphire Royal Knights, with Gundam units and other mobile suits inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. As the Royal Knights came under pressure, Russell, Dimashi, and Veronica deployed in their command machines.

• The Iron Blossom Group engaged the Mirror Royal Knights while the Ferocious Hound Squad, Mobile Assault Shell Unit, and Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group fought the Black Sword and Sapphire Royal Knights.
• A Mass Production Type Nu Gundam destroyed a Guard with its funnels, while an Adele Sparrow Type, Mass Production Type ZZ Gundam, and Z Plus also destroyed enemy Saint Machines.
• FAZZ units devastated the Royal Knights with heavy firepower, but one was overwhelmed and destroyed at the cost of more than ten Hunter Swords and Guards.
• The Mass Production Type F91's Beam Shield, VSBR, and M.E.P.E. afterimages troubled the Royal Knights, while its back-mounted cannon variants suppressed enemies with missiles and Beam Gatlings.
• Russell and Deputy Commander Dimashi deployed in the Heavenly Sword and Earth Sword, and Veronica sortied in the Great Guard.

Lamiel, Tols, and Trifer launched in specialized Gundams to challenge the enemy’s commanders and elite Saint Machines. Russell destroyed the Mass Production Type Nu Gundam and moved to confront the attackers, while Lamiel and Trifer arrived to engage the Sky Sword and Earth Sword.

• Lamiel chose to pilot the F91 Dual VSBR Loadout and volunteered to capture another commander, while Tols, Trifer, and the others assigned targets among the enemy forces.
• Tols launched in the Penelope Gundam, and Trifer launched in the AGE 1 Hydra Type as the Iron Blossom Group and Second Regiment fought the Mirror Royal Knights.
• The Great Hunter Sword struggled against a Mass Production Type Nu Gundam, which destroyed it with rapid beam fire after its shield was blown apart.
• Russell piloted the Sky Sword and destroyed the Mass Production Type Nu Gundam, then spotted the Great Guard fighting nearby.
• Tols approached the Great Guard as Russell sensed Lamiel’s attack and dodged her descending Beam Ray.
• Dimashi moved the Earth Sword toward Lamiel, but Trifer’s AGE 1 Hydra Type attacked it with remote weapons.

Trifer’s AGE 1 Hydra Type and Dimashi’s Earth Sword fought an evenly matched battle, using their Funnels, shields, and beam weapons to counter each other. Both sides lost all their Type-A Funnels, and Earth Sword lost one Beam Assault Gun as the duel continued without a clear advantage.

• Trifer attacked first with the AGE 1 Hydra Type’s DODS Gun, while Dimashi blocked with Earth Sword’s remote Beam Shield and returned fire.
• Trifer used the Type-D Funnels to form a Beam Net that trapped Dimashi’s Beam Discs, then shot down two of Earth Sword’s Funnels while she was distracted.
• Dimashi used Earth Sword’s massive Beam Saber to break the Beam Net, freeing the Beam Discs to recharge.
• The pilots redeployed their Funnels and exchanged attacks; Dimashi shot down two Type-A Funnels, while the final Type-A Funnel struck one of Earth Sword’s Beam Assault Guns as it was destroyed.
• Trifer and Dimashi continued trading blows, and Dimashi anticipated his plan to trap Earth Sword with another Beam Net and prepared to evade or stop a Type-D Funnel.

Tols and Veronica fought an intense mobile-suit battle between the Neropé Gundam and the Great Guard, testing each other’s shields, weapons, and funnel control. The Great Guard’s anti-beam shields were damaged and temporarily weakened, leaving Veronica forced to evade while Tols recognized that defeating her would take time and careful piloting.

• Tols used the Neropé Gundam’s weapons and I Field to battle Veronica’s Great Guard and its six funnels, gradually learning her control patterns and the limits of her anti-beam shields.
• Tols destroyed one funnel and forced Veronica to recall the others as they ran low on energy, then targeted the returning funnels with Homing Missiles.
• Tols and Veronica exchanged names over a communication link, identifying themselves as commanders of the Ferocious Hound Squad and the Sapphire Royal Knights and declaring their intent to kill each other.
• The Neropé Gundam and the Great Guard clashed with Beam Sabers while firing their ranged weapons at close quarters.
• Tols destroyed the Great Guard’s final funnel and damaged its chest with a Homing Missile after its anti-beam shields collapsed.
• Veronica’s anti-beam systems needed about a minute to recover, forcing her to evade while Tols prepared for a prolonged fight.

Lamiel and Russell introduced themselves as they fought in their mechs, with Lamiel boasting that she had already defeated two of Russell’s comrades. Their duel escalated as their weapons and remote cannons traded attacks, leaving both mechs strained and the eight remote cannons recharging.

• Russell and Lamiel identified themselves over communications, and Lamiel revealed that she had captured Najedah and Osmane before challenging Russell to become her third captured commander.
• Heavenly Sword and the F91 Dual VSBR Loadout exchanged fire, and Heavenly Sword used its eight remote cannons to block the F91’s attacks.
• Russell sent the remote cannons to attack as two beam greatswords, while Lamiel used the F91’s VSBRs to block and counter them.
• Heavenly Sword split two incoming beam cannons with its black beam greatsword, but the F91 later suppressed that sword with its high-output beam sabers.
• Russell sent the remote cannons after the F91, which evaded and attacked them while activating both beam shields; Lamiel pushed the overheating mech to full operation.
• The remote cannons ran low on energy and returned to Heavenly Sword to recharge.