Chapter Summaries

Long Fei’s forces intensified guerrilla attacks against Dion-held territory while Glamour Shadow and Shadow Sword revealed how they were exploiting divisions inside the Dion Empire. The chapter ended with Dion’s officials and military increasingly distrustful of one another as the war turned against them.

• Mieweng Unit guerrillas ambushed Dion Army transports and withdrew before reinforcements could respond, using intelligence from surrenderists and defeatists.
• Long Fei celebrated his twin daughters’ birthday over a video call on September 5, 126.
• Yelishao De rejected conscripting children under twelve and ordered the immediate execution of anyone who proposed or secretly carried out such conscription.
• Long Fei met with his commanders, Nine-Tailed Fox, and Sword Chief to review intelligence about the Dion Empire’s internal divisions.
• Nine-Tailed Fox explained that infiltration and manipulated evidence had fueled mistrust, wrongful executions, and assassinations among Dion’s officials and nobles.
• Sword Chief and Salamander reported that schemes and assassinations had also destabilized the Dion Army, whose divisions could worsen as its battlefield position deteriorated.

On September 25, Cosmic Year 126, the Mieweng Unit began the decisive battle between the Dion Army and the Skywing Mercenary Group before the Dion forces were fully prepared. As the war spread across space and a vast ground front, Gandalf’s Sacred Mirror fought off an encirclement by several Gundams with help from other Special Saint Machine pilots.

• On September 20, Yelishao De exposed and punished soldiers who had taken money from the Skywing Mercenary Group, but he worried that another setback could fracture the Dion Army.
• On September 25, the Mieweng Unit launched its operation, and the Dion Army and Skywing Mercenary Group clashed across a 200-kilometer front while both sides exchanged attacks in space and on the ground.
• The Dion Army struggled against the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Sky Overlord and Mobius Zero fighters, which outmatched the Wing Birds sent to counter them.
• Gandalf’s Mirror Royal Knights fought the Iron Blossom Group as their numbers had dwindled, and a Shiden and Evil Mirror fought to a standstill.
• Gundam Astaroth, Gundam Kimaris Vidar, Gundam Gusion Deep Rebuild Type, Barbatos, Gundam Faler, and Gundam Fraus surrounded Gandalf, but other Special Saint Machine pilots intervened to help him.
• The Sacred Mirror evaded Barbatos and Gundam Astaroth, nearly struck Barbatos’s cockpit, and retreated after Gundam Astaroth deflected its attack.

Gandalf held off several Gundams while the Mieweng Unit launched a large-scale assault on the Dion Army across Mars. Dr. Cordelia deployed the powerful new Dazamru MAs, which inflicted heavy losses and began breaking through the Dion Army’s defenses.

• Gandalf dodged Bai Zhenyu’s sniper shot and signaled for help while fighting three Gundams at once.
• The Mieweng Unit sent MS units and Mobile Armors down to Mars, where they attacked Dion forces and disrupted their deployments.
• The Dion Army used anti-beam alloy plates to withstand some attacks, but the Mieweng Unit’s specialized machines and weapons overwhelmed its forces.
• Dr. Cordelia deployed dozens of Dazamru MAs, whose I Fields, heavy weapons, and mobility allowed them to destroy Dion machines and damage their defenses.
• Dazamru and other Mieweng forces broke through anti-beam plates using concentrated fire, melee weapons, explosives, and coordinated attacks.

Li Xiucheng defeated Wenselas and the Evil Fiend with the EX-S, then captured Wenselas after stopping his attempted escape and suicide. The battle ended with Wenselas unconscious and in Li Xiucheng’s custody.

• Long Fei sent the alloy plates and their combat data to the AGE System, which determined that Electromagnetic Spiral Cannons could pierce them.
• Li Xiucheng and Wenselas clashed again as the Slaughter Royal Knights and Shadow Mad Dog Squad fought across the battlefield.
• The EX-S destroyed the Evil Fiend’s Reflective Beam Shield, remote cannons, and legs while ALICE helped Li Xiucheng outmaneuver Wenselas.
• Li Xiucheng and ALICE disabled the Evil Fiend’s thrusters and defenses, then the Spirit Beam Cannon destroyed its lower body.
• Wenselas escaped in a Core Fighter, but Li Xiucheng shot out its thrusters and forced it to crash.
• Li Xiucheng stopped Wenselas from shooting himself, subdued him in hand-to-hand combat, and knocked him unconscious.

Li Xiucheng’s capture of Wenselas damaged Dion Army morale as Sky Wing Mercenaries exploited traitors to infiltrate and seize bases. On the front lines, some Dion pilots turned against their comrades, and Pani learned they were abducted Wanluo Federation citizens seizing a chance to fight back.

• Sky Wing Mercenaries photographed Wenselas after capturing him and projected the image over the Mieweng Unit’s camp, spreading news of his defeat and weakening Dion Army morale.
• Dion Army traitors gave Sky Wing Mercenaries access codes, ciphers, and underground routes, enabling guerrillas to sabotage defenses and seize bases.
• Yelishao De used special telegram ciphers to uncover the captured bases, then ordered an investigation into the traitors and redeployed units to retake key locations.
• Dion pilots reported Skinks, Winged Birds, Koukai, Salamanders, and Ceruleans attacking their own forces, leading Mieweng Unit officers to suspect the pilots were not willing Dion citizens.
• Pani fought alongside a Cerulean and its forces against three Crimsons, then questioned the pilots after they raised their hands.
• The Cerulean pilot told Pani that they were Wanluo Federation people abducted as children and said they had been waiting for a chance to kill Dion Empire citizens.

Pani accepted the surrender of Azure pilots as abducted Colony Sphere citizens began defecting from the Dion Army, which responded by detonating bombs in their machines. Gandalf was overwhelmed by the Gundam pilots after a desperate escape attempt, and Holy Mirror was destroyed by a Dainsleif round.

• Pani questioned the Azure pilots, accepted their surrender, and arranged for them to be taken to the Skywing Mercenary Group's camp.
• Former Colony Sphere citizens defected from the Dion Army, which ordered Newtype and Coordinator pilots to detonate the bombs in defectors' machines.
• Gandalf fought Gundam Astaroth, Gundam Faler, and Gundam Barbatos alone while the Dion Army dealt with the defectors and his allies were occupied.
• Lieutenant Ralhe joined the fight, and Gandalf activated Holy Mirror's Efficiency Boost Mode to break through the Gundams' encirclement.
• Gundam Fraus blocked Holy Mirror's escape, and Gandalf fought the Gundams until Astaroth and Barbatos seized its arms and Faler severed its legs.
• Gundam Kimaris Vidar fired a Dainsleif round through Holy Mirror, killing Gandalf and blasting the mobile suit apart.

The Mieweng Unit gained ground as Dion’s morale and supply lines weakened, while Long Fei left decisions about recaptured bases to Shlaik. On the front lines, Dongfang Wudi disabled enemy machines rather than killing their pilots, but the prolonged fighting finally forced him to withdraw and rest.

• Long Fei ordered Gandalf’s death footage broadcast to weaken Dion Army morale, and the Mieweng Unit pushed farther into enemy territory as former Colony Sphere soldiers defected or surrendered.
• Shlaik reported that Dion forces had retaken bases supporting Markus Fortress and proposed destroying any other bases the guerrillas could not hold; Long Fei left the decision to him and the other commanders.
• Dongfang Wudi and his relatives fought while trying to spare enemy pilots, and he destroyed a Night Huntress with Flash Hand before sending a damaged Jegan squad away.
• Dongfang Wudi disabled a force of Scorpions and Wingbirds, whose surviving pilots were captured by Skywing Mercenary Group ground forces.
• God Gundam defeated a Special Saint Machine, but Dongfang Wudi grew exhausted after the prolonged battle and returned to his position to rest.

After more than sixty hours of fighting, the Mieweng Unit pushed the Dion Army back toward Markus Fortress while Long Fei and Li Xiucheng discussed how to rule the Mars Sphere and deal with defectors. The battle continued to turn against the Dion Army, which was driven back another fifty kilometers after more than seventy-two hours.

• The two armies fought for more than sixty hours, suffering over twenty thousand combined losses as the Dion Army struggled to receive supplies and reinforcements.
• Li Xiucheng returned from battle and spoke with Long Fei, who had come to encourage the troops.
• Long Fei admitted he was uncertain whether to rule the Mars Sphere himself or establish a puppet government, and Li Xiucheng advised him to distrust the defectors.
• Long Fei said defectors should generally be kept from important positions but might still be used if they had valuable abilities.
• The Dion Army's remaining Royal Knights fought Long Fei's direct units, while Black Sword and Heavenly Might remained at about sixty percent strength and the Ferocious Hound Squad and Iron Blossom Group suffered roughly twenty percent losses.
• After more than seventy-two hours of fighting, the Dion Army retreated another fifty kilometers as the Mieweng Unit launched another missile bombardment and deployed troops.

The Skywing Mercenary Group unleashed its missile waves, shielded units, and specialized Gundams, overwhelming the Dion Army across multiple combat zones. The Dion forces were pushed to within about eight hundred kilometers of Markus Fortress, with casualties running five to one against them.

• Mobile Drill Missiles and waves of Great Vipers, Birgo IIIs, and Scorpios attacked the Dion Army, whose units struggled against the enemies’ firepower and new titanium alloy armor.
• The Dion Army’s Electromagnetic Wave Laser Rifles disabled Planet Defensers and pierced enemy armor, but Delta Plus and the Crimson Aegis Gundam destroyed several of the rifle-equipped units.
• The Providence Gundam and Warrior Gundam coordinated their Dragon Fang attacks and shot down numerous Dion Army units, while the RaiGoh Gundam destroyed MS units and Mobile Armors in another combat zone.
• Specialized Gundams and newly deployed units suppressed Dion forces as reports said the Skywing Mercenary Group was bringing out its hidden strength and the Dion Empire had no cards left to play.
• After nearly one hundred hours of fighting, the Dion Army was driven back to a front line about eight hundred kilometers from Markus Fortress, and the casualty ratio reached five to one.

The Nebula Thunderbolt Regiment ambushed Dion Army forces across multiple combat zones, using new Mirage Systems to make its Gundams appear to teleport. The regiment wiped out every targeted group and moved on to its next mission.

• Dion Army machines in a burning forest came under unseen attacks, and a crimson Gundam repeatedly appeared to destroy them before vanishing.
• An Azure Saint Machine captain ordered his forces to split into small groups and retreat, but the Gundam killed him before they scattered.
• Three Nebula Thunderbolt Gundams ambushed Groups One, Three, and Six, while the remaining groups were hunted down by more units.
• The thirty-six Nebula Thunderbolt Gundams regrouped after eliminating their targets and received new coordinates from Team Three's command.
• The Nebula Thunderbolt Regiment continued ambushing Dion Army forces, while other factions mistook its Gundams for a new unit under Long Fei.

Nali’s Gale Strike Gundam and two other Gundams piloted by former Dion Army members destroyed enemy units across the battlefield. The Hailstorm Blizzard Gundam then helped the MkⅢ Squad wipe out the Scarlet Squad and moved on to its next target.

• Nali used the Gale Strike Gundam’s Wing Saw Ship-cutting Saber to destroy a Night Huntress and its escaping pilot, driven by her hatred of the Dion Empire for the deaths of her family.
• The Blizzard Duel Gundam destroyed multiple Scorpion Tigers, a Wingbird, and other mobile suits with its beam rifle, saber, and cannons.
• The Blizzard Duel Gundam disabled a black-and-red Special Saint Machine with its rail rocket launcher, and Nali finished it off with the Gale Strike Gundam.
• The Hailstorm Blizzard Gundam used its Mirage System to reach the battle between the Scarlet Squad and the MkⅢ Squad, then warned its allies before bombarding the enemy.
• After the Scarlet Squad retreated, the Hailstorm Blizzard Gundam ambushed it, and the Gundam and MkⅢ Squad destroyed all six remaining Scarlet units before the Hailstorm Blizzard Gundam departed.

The Skywing Mercenary Group deployed upgraded Azure Calamity, Ochre Striker, Crimson Forbidden, and Blizzard Providence Gundams, whose coordinated firepower devastated Dion Army forces in two combat zones. The Dion Army retreated from the Blizzard Providence Gundam’s zone, while the allied forces began clearing the battlefield.

• The Azure Calamity Gundam, Ochre Striker Gundam, and Crimson Forbidden Gundam coordinated their attacks to destroy Typhon and inflict devastating losses on Dion Army machines.
• The Blizzard Providence Gundam used its Dragon Fang system and beam weapons to shoot down more than two hundred enemy machines in five minutes.
• The Warrior Gundam equipped with X Astray equipment and the Providence Gundam joined the Blizzard Providence Gundam’s combat zone.
• The three Gundams unleashed successive Dragon Fang attacks that damaged or destroyed more than three hundred machines and broke the Dion Army’s resolve.
• The Dion Army commander fired a retreat flare, and the allied forces refrained from pursuing as they began battlefield cleanup.

The Mieweng Unit continued its advance toward Markus Fortress while Yelishao De’s investigators secretly tracked infiltrators inside the fortress. Long Fei’s Living Dead Unit entered the battle, where its eight Psycho Zaku tore through Dion Army forces.

• After more than 150 hours of fighting, Shlaik rested and reorganized part of his forces while dispatching troops to seize enemy bases alongside landing forces.
• Yelishao De ordered repeated screenings after learning that traitors had leaked intelligence, and his team identified infiltrators while secretly tracing their contacts and accomplices.
• Dion Army anti-MS mines damaged Mieweng Unit machines, but Haro operated mine-clearing vehicles to clear and destroy them.
• Long Fei assigned three four-limb amputee pilots from the Mobile Assault Shell Unit to the newly established Living Dead Unit, which grew to eight Psycho Zaku.
• The Living Dead Unit’s Psycho Zaku sensed concealed enemies, ambushed Dion Army machines, and coordinated attacks that destroyed isolated opponents.

Daryl and Britt fought while discussing music and Daryl’s feelings for Rebecca. Meanwhile, Zhou Na and her sister tested the Phantom Gundam and Sonic Gundam in Cross Vanguard’s battle against the Heavenly Might Royal Knights, where the new units confronted Balbaldos.

• Daryl and Britt coordinated their Psycho Zakus’ attacks while listening to music and destroying enemy units.
• Britt encouraged Daryl to pursue Rebecca despite his disability and lower rank, and Daryl decided he still had a chance.
• Zhou Na and her sister piloted the Phantom Gundam and Sonic Gundam to test them alongside Cross Vanguard.
• The Heavenly Might Royal Knights’ reflective machines troubled Cross Vanguard, while Balbaldos suppressed Rebecca and Britney’s Gundams with Hegemonic Might.
• After Rebecca and Britney pulled back, the Phantom Gundam and Sonic Gundam transformed from fighters in front of Balbaldos, who recognized them as newly developed Gundams.

Zhou Ya and Zhou Na used Phantom Gundam and Sonic Gundam to overwhelm Balbaldos’s Bawei with the enormous output of their fourth-generation Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactors. The battle continued as Bawei struggled to defend itself, while Rebecca and Britney watched for an escape attempt.

• Balbaldos sent Rebecca and Britney to assist the other pilots while he faced the two new Gundams.
• Zhou Ya attacked Bawei with Phantom Gundam’s Beam Spear as Zhou Na charged its Beam Cannons, and Balbaldos realized their weapons outpowered Bawei’s.
• Sonic Gundam’s Beam Cannons destroyed an Ogre and a Magic Mirror, while Phantom Gundam reflected Bawei’s Beam Rifle fire.
• Balbaldos’s triangular Beam Shield shattered under the Gundams’ attacks, and Phantom Gundam and Sonic Gundam destroyed three Evil Mirror Saint Machines.
• Zhou Ya and Zhou Na pincered Bawei from the front and rear, forcing Balbaldos to block their stronger Beam Sabers and Beam Cannons as Rebecca and Britney kept watch.

The Zhou Ya Sisters used Sonic Gundam and Phantom Gundam to overwhelm Balbaldos and his Bawei after both sides activated their enhancement systems. Balbaldos was killed when Phantom Gundam’s Buster Super Particle Cannon consumed his disabled machine.

• Bawei dodged Phantom Gundam’s cannon and resisted the ambush by Pirate Gundam X3 and Dark Hound, but Sonic Gundam and Phantom Gundam trapped it.
• The Zhou Ya Sisters sent Rebecca and Britney to help the others and focused their attacks on Balbaldos.
• Balbaldos activated Efficiency Boost Mode, and the sisters activated their PX System, boosting their performance and synchronizing with their Gundams.
• Sonic Gundam and Phantom Gundam pressed Bawei with coordinated attacks while the sisters used their enhanced perceptions to anticipate its movements and direct cannon fire.
• An unseen attack damaged Bawei’s rear thrusters, allowing Sonic Gundam to cut off its limbs and thrusters.
• Phantom Gundam fired its Buster Super Particle Cannon, destroying Bawei and killing Balbaldos.

As the Dion Army retreated toward Markus Fortress, Yelishao De uncovered traitors and Sky Wing Mercenary infiltrators inside it. The fortress came under attack from contingency operations, and Doxil escaped a sniper mission with help from Cui Jie.

• Yelishao De questioned Balzac, who confessed to betraying the Dion Empire, and let him leave under the new identity Kairid.
• Dion Army forces arrested traitors and Sky Wing Mercenaries, while undiscovered infiltrators triggered explosions and activated contingency plans.
• Doxil used a sniper rifle to attack Major General Batala’s vehicle, then fled as drones searched for him.
• Doxil evaded a capture net and exchanged fire with Dion Army special forces using anti-invisibility visors.
• Cui Jie shot one of Doxil’s pursuers and urged him to escape while the remaining special forces took cover.

Doxil, Cui Jie, and their surviving colleagues regrouped in Markus Fortress and continued adapting their plans while searching for other Sky Wing Mercenaries. Yelishao De approved a plan to publicly execute captured mercenaries as bait, forcing those still hidden to decide whether to intervene.

• Doxil reunited with Cui Jie and Meilan, and Cui Jie learned that several teammates had been captured while others carried out contingency plans.
• Mashiyuan’s group sheltered with the disguised Dycenis and the injured Wu Taokun, then decided to search for more colleagues while splitting their communications network if anyone was captured.
• A power outage and a later explosion suggested that other Sky Wing Mercenaries were continuing their operations inside Markus Fortress, so the group went out under cover of invisibility.
• Yelishao De received reports of sabotage, rescued prisoners, and a remote sniper attack as the Skywing Mercenary Group advanced toward Markus Fortress from outside.
• An aide persuaded Yelishao De to use captured Sky Wing Mercenaries as bait by broadcasting their planned public executions, prompting hidden mercenaries to reconsider their plans.

Meilan, Mashiyuan, Cui Jie, and Doxil rescued Red Ghost and Old Dog, two Level 2 Enhanced Gene Warriors, and fled through the sewers while Dion Army troops pursued them. After Red Ghost and Old Dog revealed their enhanced senses and rapid healing, the group continued toward facilities they planned to sabotage.

• Explosions and sniper attacks disrupted Dion Army operations, but Sky Wing Mercenaries avoided the execution-ground traps and targeted officers instead.
• Meilan and Mashiyuan freed Red Ghost and Old Dog from a prisoner convoy while Cui Jie and Doxil covered their escape with sniper fire.
• Cui Jie directed the group toward the underground sewers, where they escaped pursuers and treated Red Ghost and Old Dog's gunshot wounds.
• Red Ghost and Old Dog killed five Dion Army soldiers in the dark sewer without their Sparta Battle Suits.
• Old Dog and Red Ghost explained that Level 2 enhancement gave them heightened senses, night vision, and rapid healing, though they still needed weapons and Sparta Battle Suits for protection.

Long Fei and General Shlaik planned how to breach Titan's Wall while the Mieweng Unit pushed the Dion Army toward defeat. As the Black Sword Royal Knights became the Dion Army's last prominent resistance, Shlaik ordered Long Fei's direct forces to deploy against them.

• Major General Franklin reported that the Sky Wing Mercenaries' original plan had failed, and the Mirror Break Plan had begun after some infiltrators escaped arrest.
• Long Fei showed Shlaik a new strategic weapon, while they discussed ways to breach Titan's Wall and rejected nuclear strikes after discovering its resistance to nuclear weapons.
• The Mieweng Unit held a six-to-one numerical advantage and inflicted far heavier losses, while Dion Army pilots increasingly surrendered as signs of defeat spread.
• Long Fei learned that the Black Sword Royal Knights had absorbed the remnants of the other Royal Knights and now fielded about eight thousand Knight Saint Machines.
• Shlaik ordered the Shadow Mad Dog Squad, Ferocious Hound Squad, Sword Shield Unit, Iron Blossom Group, and Mobile Assault Shell Unit to attack the Black Sword Royal Knights.
• Dimashi led the exhausted Black Sword Royal Knights as they continued holding the frontline, unable to retreat because no units could replace them.