Chapter Summaries

Russell fought Lamiel’s dual-VSBR-equipped F91 with Sky Sword, but its afterimage tactics and firepower overwhelmed him. Lamiel defeated and captured Russell, declaring that she had captured her third Royal Knights commander.

• Russell used Sky Sword’s remote cannons and beam weapons to attack Lamiel’s F91, but F91’s afterimages and VSBRs destroyed most of them.
• Russell’s remaining remote cannons briefly threatened F91, but Lamiel’s feints drew their fire and F91 destroyed them.
• F91 cut off Sky Sword’s arm and leg, severed its other arm, destroyed its thrusters, and finally destroyed its head.
• Russell accepted defeat, and Lamiel told him she would hold him in the same detention facility as two other captured Royal Knights commanders.

Lamiel defeated and captured Russell, commander of the Black Sword Royal Knights, then publicized her victory to reporters and across the battlefield. The Dion Army’s morale suffered as the Skywing Mercenary Group gained the advantage, while the story left Salamander seeking an audience with Long Fei.

• Lamiel returned to the mothership with the captured, limbless Sky Sword, where reporters filmed Russell as she introduced herself as the commander of the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group and claimed her third Royal Knights commander victory.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang watched Lamiel’s news appearance at Sub-base 12, and Salamander requested an audience with Long Fei.
• Osmane and Najedah watched Russell’s humiliation on television and joked that they might soon be speaking with him in detention.
• Fadis smashed a wineglass in anger at Russell’s humiliation, while Julius clenched his fists over his younger brother’s capture.
• The Slaughter Force projected images of Russell’s capture across the battlefield, weakening the Dion Army’s morale as some Dion fleets retreated and Slaughter Force fleets advanced.
• War reports described the Skywing Mercenary Group’s growing advantage and revealed the Dion Army’s shortage of manpower, as teenage and child soldiers were sent into battle.

Nine Dragon Gundam, God Gundam, and Rising Gundam devastated the Dion Army after reinforcements arrived, revealing God Gundam’s full combat power to battlefield viewers. God Gundam and Rising Gundam then fought toward Nine Dragon Gundam as the three machines drew off a large portion of the enemy forces.

• The Decisive Battle Force and Slaughter Force arrived with brigade-level reinforcements and attacked the Dion Army.
• Nine Dragon Gundam used its Beam Fans and Beam Cloth to destroy Saint Machines, funnels, and other enemy units.
• God Gundam fought through the enemy formation with its Beam Spear and dual Beam Sabers, destroying a blue Special Saint Machine after its joints failed under operational overload.
• Chun-Li piloted Rising Gundam against Howling Moon Demon Wolves, while God Gundam used Flash Palm and Flash Hand to destroy two Fenrir Mobile Armors.
• Battlefield reporters broadcast the three Gundams’ rampage, and viewers recognized that God Gundam had previously displayed only part of its strength.
• God Gundam and Rising Gundam charged together toward Nine Dragon Gundam, drawing at least thirty percent of the Dion Army’s MS and Mobile Armor forces and easing pressure on the Slaughter Force.

The Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army agreed to a temporary ceasefire after more than twenty-four hours of exhausting, deadlocked fighting. Salamander arrived with the Sword Shield Unit, received authority to command all outpost forces in special circumstances, and warned that Fadis might personally enter the battle with a psychic aura powerful enough to frighten Newtype pilots.

• Dongfang Wudi, Gouki, and Chun-Li’s improved Super King Kong Movie Bullet turned back through the Dion Army formation, destroying many machines.
• Both sides’ fleets requested a ceasefire, and the armies agreed to a temporary truce and began rescue operations and prisoner exchanges.
• Salamander arrived at the outpost battlefield with the Sword Shield Unit and informed Lamiel that Long Fei had promoted him to Special Instructor.
• Salamander presented Long Fei’s authorization to Lieutenant General Goliath, who agreed to obey his orders in special circumstances.
• Salamander warned Goliath and the other commanders that Fadis might join the battle and use his terrifying psychic aura, then argued that the forces should prioritize holding the third location for about a month.

The Dion Army’s Decisive Battle Force and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Slaughter Force fought a second major engagement while both sides relied on specialized weapons and defenses. The battle continued as each side’s weapons and countermeasures made the other wary.

• The Decisive Battle Force and Slaughter Force clashed on May 9, Cosmic Year 125, with three Army-level Fleets apiece while both sides kept their Royal Knights and direct-command forces in reserve.
• The Dion Army used ultra-long-range telescopes and coordinated point defenses to counter Shieldbreaker Destroyers and Mobile Drill Missile swarms, while its Saint Machine pilots used heavy sniper rifles to pick off units breaking through defenses.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group deployed black Jegans with sniper rifles and Type 70-31 Electromagnetic Cannons, which could destroy Dion Army units at ranges up to 300 kilometers.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group’s Drill Bullets and Birgo II Planet Defensers challenged Dion Army units, while the Dion Army’s Cluster Shotguns threatened Mass-Produced Gundams and other MSs.
• Both sides fielded Beam Discs, and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Dragon Fang System allowed ordinary humans as well as Newtypes to control them.

The battle between the Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army escalated as Salamander predicted Fadis’s arrival could force a retreat to the third battlefield, where Long Fei would confront him. Fadis personally deployed in the Crimson Emperor, destroyed three Deltas, and unleashed his overwhelming psychic aura.

• Salamander and the commanders discussed the growing Minov Particles and concluded they could not defeat Fadis if he joined the battle; Salamander said Long Fei would meet him at the third location.
• Staff reported that the Dion Army had sent three Army-level Fleets, and Salamander recognized the emperor’s flag on one of their warships as proof that Fadis had taken the field.
• Fadis deployed in the Crimson Emperor with his daughter Grisina in the Crimson Princess and a thousand Crimson Guards, while Julius remained aboard the mothership to command the forces.
• Fadis stopped Grisina and the Crimson Guards from intervening and destroyed three attacking Deltas with the Crimson Emperor.
• Fadis unleashed his psychic aura and declared, "I am Fadis."

Fadis’s Crimson Jade unleashed a terrifying psychic aura, forcing the Skywing Mercenary Group to withdraw from the outpost battlefield while the Dion Army celebrated its victory. Grisina then returned to her duties assisting her aging father, who was preparing for a decisive confrontation with Long Fei.

• Fadis’s Crimson Jade radiated a powerful psychic aura that frightened Skywing Mercenary Group pilots and strengthened the Dion Army’s morale.
• Long Fei sensed Fadis’s aura, prepared to face him, and set out with Taoxiang despite her concerns.
• Lieutenant General Goliath ordered the Skywing Mercenary Group to retreat, and Fadis forbade the Dion Army from pursuing because he suspected an ambush.
• Fadis returned to his mothership, where the Dion Army welcomed him and Grisina; Grisina recognized that this might be her father’s final personal expedition against Long Fei.
• Grisina worked beside Fadis, sorting and approving memorials before bringing important ones to him for review.

Grisina remembered how she and Arthurwick had fallen in love and become engaged before he was captured. As she worried over him and his mother while working beside Fadis, her father promised he would bring Arthurwick back.

• Grisina recalled competing with Arthurwick at the military academy, falling in love with him during the war, and confessing to him on Valentine's Day.
• Arthurwick initially rejected Grisina because he felt unworthy of a princess, but she kissed him and declared that she loved him regardless of his origins.
• After Arthurwick's wartime achievements earned him the title of Second Class Knight-Baron, Fadis announced his betrothal to Grisina and planned their wedding for five years later.
• Grisina remembered regretting that she had let her eldest brother take Arthurwick away and worried about Arthurwick's capture and his mother's grief.
• Fadis reassured Grisina that he would bring Arthurwick back, and she resumed reviewing memorials beside him.
• Grisina recalled how Fadis had treasured her since birth and how Alexandre had learned not to make his little sister cry.

Gao Weide’s team broadcast the Sky Wing Mercenaries’ preparations to deploy to the third location, including Long Fei boarding his flagship. The chapter leaves Long Fei and the assembled units en route, while Gao Weide’s hoped-for interview remained out of reach.

• Gao Weide described the fleet departing Sub-base 12 as factories produced equipment and units prepared to leave for the third location.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries recruited stateless drifters by offering national identity cards, while secretly monitoring them for possible spies.
• Gao Weide’s cameras captured the Rebel Modified MS Carrier and the Shadow Mad Dog Squad, Cross Vanguard, and Harute Angel Squad assembling to see Long Fei off.
• Long Fei appeared with Taoxiang and boarded the Rebel Modified MS Carrier as Gao Weide speculated about his plans and the crimson Sacred Machine.
• Gao Weide presented his authorization documents to board the carrier but could not enter restricted areas or interview Long Fei.

At the Third Location, Long Fei and Taoxiang prepared for a decisive battle against the Dion Empire’s forces while discussing their longing to see their daughters. The Slaughter Force launched a massive missile assault as the Decisive Battle Force entered the battle zone, and Fadis’s commanders urged a swift victory before the Skywing Mercenary Group could grow stronger.

• Long Fei ordered Xiucheng and the Shadow Mad Dog Squad to test themselves against the Slaughter Royal Knights, then promised Taoxiang he would spend time with her and their daughters after the fighting.
• The Decisive Battle Force entered the Third Location, and the Slaughter Force immediately attacked across twenty-six battle zones with Mobile Drill Missiles.
• The Decisive Battle Force’s Mobile Ballistic Separation High Explosive Missiles malfunctioned in dense Minov Particles, so the Slaughter Force detonated the disabled missiles and continued its assault with Minov Particle missiles.
• The Dion Empire used Cluster Diffusion Particle Beam Cannon Turrets to counter the missile swarms, but the Skywing Mercenary Group’s anti-beam coatings limited their effectiveness.
• Fadis and his generals recognized that the United Army’s support enabled the Skywing Mercenary Group to keep firing missiles, and they urged a rapid victory before its production capacity grew further.

The Slaughter Force and Decisive Battle Force fought a sprawling space battle while Long Fei’s direct forces countered three deployed Royal Knights. As those Royal Knights were pushed back, Fadis ordered Wenselas’s Slaughter Royal Knights into Combat Zone 1, where their Cyclops and Ogre Mobile Armors deployed.

• The two forces exchanged missiles and deployed their MS and Mobile Armors as sensors and point defenses struggled amid dense Minov Particles.
• Fadis deployed the Heavenly Might, Sapphire, and Crimson Shadow Royal Knights against Long Fei’s Ferocious Hound Squad, Sword Shield Unit, and Cross Vanguard.
• Long Fei’s units exploited their opponents’ weaknesses, suppressing or defeating the three Royal Knights’ Saint Machines.
• Fadis ordered the Slaughter Royal Knights to deploy after seeing the other Royal Knights being countered.
• Wenselas mobilized the Slaughter Royal Knights’ 45-meter Cyclops and 60-meter Ogre Mobile Armors.

Long Fei’s forces deployed the redesigned Zamza and Luvijelu against the Dion Empire, and Zamza’s Energy Beam Reflector devastated enemy units before an Ogre exposed its vulnerability to plasma and pulse weapons. The battle left Zamza under focused attack, relying on its allies to protect it.

• Ogre Mobile Armors demonstrated their firepower against Val. Valos, Big Rangs, Qubeley, and Psycho Gundam Mk II as the Shadow Mad Dog Squad and Knight Series entered the field.
• After the Hanxia Empire rejected Luvijelu as too expensive, Long Fei assigned it to the Shadow Mad Dog Squad and redesigned Zamza with an AI assistance system and a third-generation Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor.
• A Zamza protected a cloaked Black Knight by reflecting a Cyclops’s beam, then damaged another Cyclops with its Phase Array Energy Cannons and severed its limbs with its claws.
• The Dion Army nicknamed Zamza the Coconut Crab after its Energy Beam Reflector repeatedly turned enemy attacks back against them.
• An Ogre pierced Zamza with an Electromagnetic Arrow, revealing that its reflector could not stop Plasma Cannons or Pulse Cannons.
• Dion forces began targeting Zamza with plasma and pulse weapons, while Knight Series units, other MS units, and Mobile Armors tried to protect it.

Luvijelu and Zamza joined the battle, where their advanced weapons helped the Shadow Mad Dog Squad fight the Slaughter Royal Knights despite being heavily outnumbered. As Wenselas watched his forces struggle, he decided to enter the battlefield himself.

• Luvijelu destroyed an Ogre Mobile Armor, while other Luvijelus and Zamzas fought Cyclopses and Ogres across the battlefield.
• The Shadow Mad Dog Squad deployed its remaining 100 Zamzas and 12 Luvijelus, supported by Knight Series MS comrades against the Slaughter Royal Knights' vastly larger force.
• A Pale Rider's Quadrillian Drill Missiles pierced an Ogre Mobile Armor and two Cyclops Mobile Armors, which Luvijelu then helped destroy.
• Luvijelu used its Wired Control Mechanical Arm to seize an Ogre Mobile Armor's head and kill its pilot with a Mega Particle Cannon.
• Wenselas saw that his forces were performing poorly and decided to take the field himself.

Wenselas piloted Evil Fiend through the battle, destroying numerous enemy Mobile Suits and Mobile Armors while surviving attacks from White Knights and a Black Knight. After the Full Armor Psycho Gundam’s Super Mega Beam Cannon disabled Evil Fiend’s Energy Shield, Wenselas set his sights on the Gundam as the Dion Army held the advantage in their sector despite heavy Slaughter Royal Knights losses.

• Wenselas checked Evil Fiend’s systems, launched it, and destroyed a Luvijelu with its Beam Ring Fists.
• Evil Fiend smashed a Zamza, shot down enemy Mobile Suits, and destroyed a Val. Valo with a Spiral Rocket Punch.
• Wenselas used the fighting between a Cyclops, an Ogre, and a Luvijelu to destroy the Luvijelu with another Spiral Rocket Punch.
• Evil Fiend exposed a cloaked Black Knight and withstood attacks from a White Knight, a Pale Rider, and two other White Knights, though their shots pushed its Energy Shield to its limit.
• The Full Armor Psycho Gundam pierced Evil Fiend’s Energy Shield with its Super Mega Beam Cannon, and Wenselas decided to destroy it.
• After more than an hour of fighting, Evil Fiend had shot down over seventy MSs and more than thirty Mobile Armors, while the Slaughter Royal Knights had lost over three hundred Cyclopses and forty Ogres.

Li Xiucheng and ALICE launched Deep Strike with twenty-four Z Plus Hummingbirds to confront Wenselas and the Slaughter Royal Knights. Deep Strike’s powerful cannon fire devastated the Dion Army, while Wenselas struggled to get past its escorts.

• Li Xiucheng reviewed the battlefield, selected one of ALICE’s countermeasures, and ordered the Shadow Mad Dog Squad and front-line units to adopt new tactics.
• Li Xiucheng sortied in Deep Strike with twenty-four Z Plus Hummingbirds flying alongside it in Fighter Mode.
• Wenselas noticed the enemy’s hit-and-run tactics before Deep Strike’s cannon fire swept through pursuing Dion forces.
• Six Z Plus Hummingbirds attacked Wenselas’s Evil Fiend, while Deep Strike’s firepower destroyed more Dion units and forced his rescuers to scatter.
• Wenselas dodged Deep Strike’s shots and watched the Hummingbirds protect it, but he could not break through its defenses.

Li Xiucheng and ALICE used Deep Strike and its twenty-four Z Plus Hummingbirds to devastate the Dion Army before returning to the mothership to recharge. Aboard the Fadis II MS Carrier, Fadis and his officers reviewed the battle but found no effective way to counter Deep Strike.

• Li Xiucheng and ALICE directed Deep Strike through the Dion Army formation while the Z Plus Hummingbirds destroyed enemy units and protected it.
• Wenselas realized Deep Strike was disrupting the battlefield and, with Evil Fiend low on energy, withdrew to the mothership.
• Li Xiucheng ordered Deep Strike and its twenty-four Z Plus Hummingbirds back to the mothership after its energy fell to 41 percent.
• Fadis, Julius, Grisina, and the Dion Army officers watched battle footage and learned that Deep Strike could overwhelm warships and exceed the Mirror Royal Knights' armor threshold.
• Fadis and his officers remained unable to find a countermeasure for Deep Strike.

After more than twelve hours of battle, the Sky Wing Mercenaries maintained a favorable casualty ratio, while the Dion Army held the advantage in logistics and manufacturing. Shlaik’s generals considered ways to disrupt the Dion Army’s supply lines, and Long Fei’s Rescue Steel Balls continued retrieving pilots during the fighting.

• Both armies rotated units back to their motherships for refitting as the casualty ratio reached 1:1.5 in the Sky Wing Mercenaries’ favor.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries’ MD Taurus and Birgo IIs challenged Dion Army units, while reporters revealed the Dion Army had Factory Battleships behind its lines.
• Shlaik and Aixisi postponed plans to attack the Factory Battleships and considered intercepting supplies from the Mars Sphere; Shlaik asked the main base to investigate.
• Long Fei’s Rescue Steel Balls began rescuing pilots during combat and attacked units that intercepted them, with other Sky Wing Mercenaries providing cover.
• War correspondents broadcast the rescues, and military experts judged that the Sky Wing Mercenaries had the advantage in rescue capability while the Dion Army led in logistics and manufacturing.

Yue Yangchun, Lixiang, Angelica, Alonso, and Archer Haro sortied after nearly twelve hours of fighting and used their Gundams to destroy enemy machines. Angelica helped Pani survive an ambush as the battle continued.

• Yue Yangchun, Lixiang, Angelica, Alonso, and Archer Haro sortied, with Lixiang’s Heavy Armed Seraphim Gundam destroying a Typhon Mobile Armor and a white Special Saint Machine.
• Alonso and Archer Haro paralyzed enemy units with Fallen Angel’s GN Pulse Electromagnetic Overload Missiles, then destroyed a pink Special Saint Machine after disabling its leg.
• Angelica sniped a purple Special Saint Machine that was fighting Pani’s Impulse Gundam.
• Angelica warned Pani to dodge, and he evaded her shot as it destroyed an azure Mass-Produced Saint Machine attempting to ambush him.

Angelica piloted Heavy Armed Cherubim Gundam through a series of battles, then faced Daklas and his powerful Saint Machine Duns II. After learning that Daklas was searching for Yue Yangchun, Angelica fought to keep him at a distance, but Duns II’s strength threatened Cherubim Gundam in close combat.

• Angelica used Haro, GN Shield Bits, GN Rifle Bits, and GN Handguns to shoot down enemy MS units before a Jegan finished off an Azure Mass-Produced Saint Machine.
• Angelica encountered a red-and-white Minotaur Saint Machine, whose pilot challenged her while asking where he could find Yue Yangchun.
• Daklas introduced himself as Duns II’s pilot and said he wanted to defeat Yue Yangchun to erase his previous loss to 00Raiser.
• Daklas attacked Cherubim Gundam with shotguns, axes, and Funnel Sensor Cannons, overcoming its defenses and pressuring Angelica at close range.
• Angelica kicked Duns II away and fired her GN Handguns to maintain distance, recognizing that Cherubim Gundam was disadvantaged in close combat.

Daklas activated Duns II’s experimental Psycho-Amplification Device, overwhelming Angelica’s defenses and forcing the Heavy Armed Cherudim to activate its Triple Red State. Duns II pressed its attack, and the chapter ended as Angelica’s danger sense warned her too late to evade its third shot.

• Angelica used the Heavy Armed Cherudim’s GN Shield Bits and GN Rifle Bits to intercept Daklas’s Funnel Sensor Cannons and drive Duns II back.
• Daklas activated Duns II’s experimental Psycho-Amplification Device, boosting his mental power and speed.
• Angelica regained control of two GN Rifle Bits with Haro, but Duns II’s faster Funnel Sensor Cannons began to outpace the Bits.
• Angelica activated the Heavy Armed Cherudim’s Triple Red State, bringing its GN Shield Bits and GN Rifle Bits into an even fight with Daklas’s Funnel Sensor Cannons.
• Daklas anticipated the Heavy Armed Cherudim’s movements and advanced under its gunfire, while Angelica dodged his first two shots but detected the third too late.