Top Secret Flight (I)

Things were far more complicated than imagined. When Richthofen received the order, he was still on leave.

The order came extremely suddenly. He and his squad were to take off in less than half an hour.

Even as he climbed into his fighter, he had no idea where he was going or what his mission was. Only when the voice of his superior, Air Force Major General Godofort, came through his headset did he realize that, without even knowing it, he had been assigned an arduous task.

A top-secret decapitation mission.

And the target was the overlord of the Ork Empire, Guk!

According to the intelligence from above, the tyrant had already led an endless army westward. His objective was obvious. The Republic had to put an end to everything before he launched that devastating war.

The Benedict Empire had proven through countless attempts that assassins alone could not solve this enormous problem. Thus, the upper ranks of the New California Republic changed their approach and decided to use a more destructive method.

A bomb from deep within the Civic Temple fortress.

Calling it a bomb was not entirely accurate. It was more like a sacred relic, reverently called the "White Knight" by the Civic Temple's upper ranks.

According to the Civic Temple, ancient archives recorded it as an extraordinarily powerful weapon, a concentrated manifestation of humanity's power of destruction.

As for exactly how powerful it was, the records only vaguely stated that it could instantly level an entire city—despite being no larger than an eight-year-old child.

This weapon had always been hidden deep within the Civic Temple fortress and regarded as forbidden due to its immense danger.

But in the face of the growing Ork threat—especially after they massacred Tyre and immediately turned toward the New California Republic, the