The Ashford venue was in utter chaos.
Rubble and severed limbs lay everywhere, and blood stained the ground red.
There was no one even to collect or bury the dead. Their bodies lay strewn across the rubble, battered by wave after wave of shellfire.
The Island Nation people who had narrowly survived lay in pools of blood, desperately pleading in the direction of the Gawain-
Zero! Only Zero can save us!
The so-called Island Nation Special Zone was a lie!
Britannia's true aim was to lure out Zero and destroy the Black Knights.
And the rest of the Island Nation's people had once again become casualties of war.
At some point, members of the Black Knights had hacked into the broadcast frequency. Dressed in black, they quietly recorded everything unfolding from corners of the battlefield.
Within mere minutes, the footage had spread across more than half of Area 11.
The demon named Euphemia li Britannia was seared into the hearts of every person from the Island Nation, becoming a new source of terror.
Piloting the Gawain, Qianzhi easily defeated the Knightmares that tried to stop her and rushed up to Euphemia. Towering over her, she opened the machine's palm, aiming its dark cannon muzzle at Euphemia's head.
"Zero, should I kill her?"
A dark red light flickered, waiting only for an order.
"Wait."
Lelouch stopped her.
Then the Gawain landed smoothly, and Lelouch climbed out of the cockpit.
Euphemia, who had her gun raised at him, suddenly froze. Even with his mask on, she knew the man standing before her was not from the Island Nation People.
"Oh, it's you. I've given some thought to developing the Island Nation Special Zone... hmm? Island Nation?"
Midway through her words, the power of Geass affected her mind again.
Lelouch pressed his lips