4 hours after the start of the Battle of the Port of Marseille, France

"The enemy is also desperate."

Silently estimating the duration of the battle in his heart, Kanon showed an expression of admiration.

"Of course, if Marseille were to be completely occupied by us, the League's strategy for southern France would be essentially bankrupt." Sitting on the bridge of the battleship Avalon, the air battleship, Schunezel's face was calm.

"When will the Confederate reinforcement fleet from Naples arrive?"

"According to intelligence, the support fleet has arrived in Corsica and is expected to arrive in two hours."

The operational objectives of this battle were twofold, the first was to capture Marseille, open a second landing ground, and disintegrate the southern attack of the Allied army. The second is to use the battlefield of Marseille as a bait, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the main force of the alliance's mobile fleet in the Mediterranean, seize the maritime initiative in the Mediterranean, and ensure the stability of the Empire's maritime supply lines.

"2 hours? Time seems to be running out, tell Fourth Knight Doretta to speed up her attack and be sure to suppress Marseille before the Confederate Mediterranean Fleet arrives. ”

With that, Honezel turned to look at his research director, Nina.

"Is that thing ready?"

"Does Your Highness want to use that?" Nina asked rhetorically with a trembling tone.

"Just in case." Schunezel's tone was indifferent, and he didn't seem to take it to heart.

"I see."

"Looks like there's no chance to play!" Lloyd smiled with his usual flirtatious smile.

And the Shumu Suzaku on the side, this sentence was also said to him. In order to ensure the success of the Empire's new campaign against Western Europe, Honezel specially mobilized three Knights of the Round Table, the Fourth Knight, Doretta Ernst, the Seventh Knight, Suzaku the Seventh Knight, and the Tenth Knight, Luciano Brandley.

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He slumped through the waves of air and rubble from the artillery fire, tumbled over the bunker, and then slammed against the heavy defensive bunker.

"How's it going?"

"I don't know why the other side has stepped up the offensive, and the Knights of the Twelve Round Table really didn't blow it out." The companion sighed while holding the rifle.

The port area had fallen, and the Imperial Army had succeeded in establishing a beachhead. Although everyone stubbornly resisted, they could only delay the pace of the Imperial Army's advance inland, let alone drive the Imperial Army into the sea.

"It would be nice if there was a sledgehammer at this time, to ensure that no one in the Imperial Army could go ashore."

The sledgehammer was the Allied soldier's affectionate name for siege tanks, earning them the affection of front-line troops for their devastating attack, reliable mobility, and long-range artillery support. It's a pity that because of the late formation of the troops and the high production technology, even if the horsepower is at full capacity, less than 600 units have been produced so far, and it is really difficult to allocate them to the various troops.

"Don't think about it, the main force on land is at war with the puppet government and the Imperial Alliance, so I don't expect to get enough support. However, the Naples fleet had already been dispatched, and the Empire should soon withdraw its forces in the event of a threat from sea. ”

"Naples? At least another 3 hours will be required. ”

"What do you want to do with these? Who knows if we'll have to wait for that time. ”

At that moment, a violent explosion almost shattered the bunker against which the two men were resting on their backs.

The two men who had crawled out of the rubble had just raised their heads when they saw Knightmare, dressed in a knightly cloak, pass by.

"The direct troops of the Knights of the Round Table!"

In the face of this scene, a general trend has gone spontaneously.

In the cockpit of the Imperial Army Knightmare, the knight who glanced back showed a disdainful smile.

"After all, it's still EU's people, even if you change your name, it won't change anything!"

However, just as he turned his head, a shadow flashed in front of him. The next moment, Knightmare was cut off by the waist

"What's going on!?"

Fourth Knight Doretta watched in amazement as the troops in front of her suddenly disappeared from the radar.

"It's people! It's people! Ahh!!h ”

"People?"

The agitated and panicked voice in the middle of the communication puzzled Doretta. Isn't it normal to see people on the battlefield? Who could have made such a gaffe to his battle-hardened knights?

"The whole army retreats and regroups!"

The rate of friendly casualties was very fast, and it was difficult for Doreta to think slowly.

Just as she flew into the air and commanded the troops to retreat, a silver light flew straight in her direction.

Doretta's conditioned reflex lifted the sword to block, and at the same time demobilized sideways. The MVS longsword sparked a violent metal spark, and the body slid backwards for a distance, and when it was time to stabilize the body again, Doretta noticed that the blade of the MVS equipped with the machine was actually covered with crumbles, and the original red sword body also changed back to its original burnt black due to failure.

"People!?"

Doretta, who took a breath of cold air, was shocked to find that the target hovering opposite was actually a girl wearing a strange silver-white armor.

Except for the neck, shoulders, waist, wrists, ankles and other joints, which have a prominent metal protruding connection, the rest of the garment is similar to ordinary clothing, and it looks completely unprotected. It's just that the pair of metallic and slender straight wings behind him that exude a faint purple glow can make people fly, which makes people pay more attention.

"Whatever you are!" Doretta throws away the MVS, which has been scrapped, and pulls out a spare heavy spear from behind her and points it at the girl opposite.

"In the dictionary of the Knights of the Round Table, there is no such thing as defeat!"

With that, Doretta turned on the power of her body and charged towards the girl at maximum speed.

"The costume you're wearing is called a robe, and it doesn't look defensive, but the material itself won't be damaged even if it's designed with a firearm at close range. Robe's bonus to your body's strength and speed is limited by the gem gem on the earrings, the GEM level, and the rest depends on how well your body fits with the nanomachines. ”

Looking coldly at the charge of the Knights of the Round Table opposite, Layla lowered her eyelids, her eyes were cold, and what echoed in her head was Camillo's explanation.

"Got it!" The opponent did not dodge or dodge, and when he saw that the spear was about to pierce the opponent, Doretta's heart relaxed.

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"As long as you maximize the abilities of the dance costume, you will become a superhuman existence."

Layla snapped her eyes open, her hands grasping the tip of the spear that had stabbed her chest.

The protrusions on the neck, shoulders, waist, wrists, and ankles of the costume glow with a purple halo, creating a series of rapidly rotating streamers.

"What!?"

Doretta couldn't believe what was happening in front of her.

Resist the massive impact of a massive machine as a human body. Not only that, but the person who blocked the piercing did not change his complexion, standing steadily in the air, without even the slightest movement.

"Ahhh!!!!!h

Layla let out a loud shout. Grabbing the tip of the spear with both hands, the entire body of Doretta's vehicle was raised above its head, and then slammed it into the ground.

'Boom'

The fuselage was smashed deep into the ground, the steel body was shattered and scattered all around, and the cockpit was severely deformed.

"Lord Doreta!"

Although I don't want to admit this shocking scene, now is not the time to be in a daze, this is the battlefield, and a knight of the empire began to shoot with a gun.

Layla raised her hand unhurriedly, her palm facing the bullet that was fired, and the aura on her dancing suit shone brightly again, and a curved shield in front of her bounced the 37mm cannonball away.

Then, a silver metal short stick manifested in Rena's free hand, and as she flew at high speed again, she grabbed the ends of the short stick with both hands and pulled it violently. The middle end of the stick turned crimson and began to break as if it had been melted by the heat. At the same time as the short stick split in two, a crimson light burst out, forming two lightsabers.

Inside the Imperial Army flagship.

"What!? Ernst Qing is dead!? ”

The Knights of the Round Table were stunned by the news of their deaths, which stunned everyone on the bridge.

As the highest combat power of the Empire, the Knights of the Round Table can be said to live up to expectations, and all the battlefields they appear on are invincible. Now that he was killed in such a battle that he thought should be nine out of ten, how could it not be unexpected?

"Is this a false positive? Reconfirm! Kanon hurriedly ordered after two seconds of froze.

"No, whether it's true or not, it's a false alarm to the whole army!" Schunezel's face was grim, the news of the death of the Knights of the Round Table was not a trivial matter, and the blow to the morale of the Imperial Army was absolutely devastating.

"Everyone here remembers, too!"

"Yes!"

"Your Highness, the image from the front line!"

"Cast on the home screen!"

The screen shows Layla blocking the attack, then pulling out two blades of light in flight.

"That's!?"

"Type B HIME!?"

Seeing this, Lloyd and Cecil let out an exclamation at the same time.

"Princess?" This tone of sounding like knowing the inside story made the eyes of the others on the bridge suddenly focus on the two of them.

"Dr. Lloyd, Miss Cecil, please explain." Schunezel spoke.

"We're not sure about that," Cecil said heavily, looking at Lloyd.

"Your Highness, if it is really Type B HIME, I suggest that the troops retreat immediately." Lloyd pushed the large glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in a deep voice.

"Why?"

"The full name of HIME is ['Hi'ghly-advanced・'M'aterialising・'E'quipment], that is, the ability of high-level materialization, using itself as the carrier and thought as the medium, to materialize the energy of the higher dimension into the dimension in which we are located. Type B HIME, as everyone has seen, can no longer be seen as a person, but can rival the existence of an army. ”

"Is it really that powerful?" This explanation is so appalling that it is hard to accept.

"Take the two lightsabers in her hand, they are called Element, which are generated by the embodiment of high-dimensional energy, and there is no matter on this earth that can block it."

"However, HIME is a project that His Royal Highness Kamiyu has prioritized since 2015, and even we have only heard of this project, so how can it be possible that there will be a finished product in the EU? Unless "

Unless, His Highness Kamiyu is still alive and on the opposite side of the Empire.