"Just now, thank you."

Standing on the edge of the observation deck, Keith thanked his best friend Lloyd for persuading the new king of Windermere.

Lloyd, who was thanked, shook his head and chuckled, "Don't be so polite. Originally, this was part of the prime minister's responsibility. Keith, don't take the king's word too seriously. The current king may not be in a state of sanity to think about the present. ”

Keith nodded heavily.

"I know. The feeling of seeing the enemy standing in front of you, but not being able to kill him. I'm well aware. ”

Keystone paused, lowered his head, clenched his fists vigorously, and continued:

"Enemy, very strong. Even the entire Order of Knights is fearless in a desperate charge against it. Results··· It will only be our total annihilation. ”

"Annihilation?!" Lloyd seemed surprised by Keith's claim. "Is that white-gold fighter really that powerful? Our Knights are no worse than the newly unified ACE pilots! ”

Keith laughed a few times, a hint of frustration in his laughter.

"Yes. Very strong. If the enemy hadn't used the system that would have attached a layer of red light armor to the mech, I would have died with him with the strength of the entire Knights. And yet..."

"Red Light Armor?" Lloyd's brow furrowed deeply. For a moment, Lloyd didn't speak again, just silently searched for memories in his mind, memories of the TRANS-AM on board the Void Rambler. However, the documentation of GN solar furnaces is too scarce. Even the Cult of Hope, which was once an enemy, only retains video footage of how the Phoenix Gundam fought on the battlefield several times. Other than that, there is nothing else.

Even after the fact, Archbishop Alto, who had a chance to rise again, tried to find a breakthrough from within the new unification, but after many attempts, they all ended up with no gain.

As a result, Lloyd searched for all his memories, but in the end, he was clueless. The only thing that is certain is that as long as the red light armor appears, the combat power of the Void Walker will explode exponentially. At that time, let alone a knight order, even if it was two more knights, the outcome was estimated to be the same.

"Keith. Although the Red Light Armor system is powerful, there should be a time limit. Otherwise, the enemy will not use it after you have besieged it. ”

Keith smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Well, I've guessed it. But what else? In order to force out the Red Light Armor system, we almost used all our strength. Not to mention, being able to hold on until the moment when the red light armor ends. By then, perhaps we would have been all destroyed. ”

"This..." Lloyd opened his mouth, and just as he was about to continue, his eyes changed, and he looked sharply at the automatic door next to the observation deck. And the same goes for Keith, who is standing next to him. Almost at the same time, they all heard movement outside.

In the midst of the two men's guard, a somewhat shuffled footsteps sounded from the aisle outside, accompanied by a small but audible voice from Keith and Lloyd. Judging by the sound, it should be two soldiers.

"I heard that the new king of the Windermere has become a cyborg?"

"That's right. It's a monster! ”

"Hey, hey! Monsters? But I think I deserve it. “

"Yes! dragged 2580,000 all day long, and at every turn he claimed to be the orthodox heir of the primitive civilization. In my opinion, the Windermere are nothing more than the watchdogs of primitive civilization! Thinking about the great war back then, it was the Goddess Cult that served as the main force, and they were just assistants. Even, he was knocked over by that person three or two times. ”

"Shhhh Now we don't want to worship the goddess. Stop talking nonsense. “

As if sensing that there was someone on the observation deck, the two soldiers lowered their voices, or even stopped speaking altogether, and gradually quickened their pace, and disappeared into the depths of the aisle in a few moments.

Silence came quietly, and silence hung over Keith and Lloyd.

At this time, even if the two didn't speak, they roughly guessed their respective thoughts, but they didn't say it explicitly and didn't communicate in any way. After just finding a random topic and chatting for a few words, they scattered their things and went their own way.

On the other side, Kreuzer was standing tall in front of Archbishop Alto, listening attentively to the archbishop's commands.

"Captain Ray. You were also a witness to the previous battle. I won't say much about it. I make only one request. That's where you have to stop that red VF-19. Valkyrie is not scary. The scary thing was the man driving the VF-19. His singing had previously stopped the destructive power of the primordial demons to destroy the galaxy. Therefore, the success of our plan depends on whether you can stop him. ”

Kreuzer nodded and said yes loudly. "Yes. Your Excellency the Archbishop. ”

"Hmm. I've seen the footage of you covering the fleet's retreat. Very good. With your strength, you can stop that man. The archbishop nodded in satisfaction and raised his hand. All right. Now Captain Lei, you can go down and rest first! I'm afraid that in a short time, even if we don't attack, the enemy will attack. ”

"Yes. So, I'll take my leave. ”

"Go ahead! Captain Ray. ”

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In the Void,

The wartime rearmament of the combined fleet has already been completed.

The galactic whales that suddenly broke into the battlefield did not take any action while the Combined Fleet was undergoing wartime emergency preparations. Instead, he meekly stayed on the left flank of the Combined Fleet, and with the low speed of the Combined Fleet, he was swimming freely in this battlefield where the flames of war had temporarily stopped.

In it, the Galactic Whale, which can be seen as a toddler from its size, approaches the Combined Fleet from time to time, and seems to be interested in the Galactic Fleet, which is in a busy state of wartime preparation.

But what they were most interested in was the shuttle that carried all the Valkyrie Valkyrie staff.

Because, under the narration of He Moming and Mi Lian, first Meiyun, then Freya, and finally Valkyrie, all of them are interested in the legendary deeds of Basara who once communicated with the Galactic Whale through singing. So, the excited girls came to the front of the whale with a shuttle in He Inexplicable arrangement, trying to communicate with it with their songs.

this

It's just that he inexplicably let the entire crew of the United Fleet get a hint of relaxation in the busyness and approve the action.

It's just that, in reality, it doesn't work very well.

Aside from the full crew of the Combined Fleet, refreshed by Valkyrie's songs, the Galactic Whale didn't seem to react. Surprised, He inexplicably drove the Void Walker to the head whale later, trying to communicate with the head whale as a changemaker.

however

Except for feeling a wave of sadness, He inexplicably did not feel other emotions, even thoughts.

"What the hell is going on?"

He inexplicably fell into deep doubts.

From Milen's account, it was known that the Galactic Whale and Basara met them just by coincidence, but then Basara brought them here after communicating with the head whale with her singing. Other than that, Millen just knew that the Galactic Whale was looking for something. Even if He asked Basara inexplicably, Basara couldn't say why.

"It seems that what the Galactic Whale is looking for may have something to do with this war, or maybe it's okay."

Suddenly, while He was thinking inexplicably, the head whale suddenly moved.

Valkyrie, who had been trying to communicate with him in song, immediately noticed something was wrong.

"General. The head whale moves! "I want a spirit, and quickly opened the communication with the Void Rambler.

"What?" He inexplicably stared at him and looked over.

I saw that the three-petal crown of the head whale tucked behind the head slowly opened, and the tightly closed petal-shaped mouth also moved. After a few efforts, the petal-like mouth underneath was revealed.

"Roar!"

An indescribable roar suddenly rang out.

Suddenly broke through the limit of the vacuum, and it sounded in He inexplicably's mind.

At this moment,

He inexplicably seemed to see something,

Something went on in my head, too.

hasn't waited for He to come back to his senses inexplicably,

A picture of the stars immediately took over his vision.

Beneath this beautiful view of the sea of stars is a beautiful planet surrounded by a belt of gravel.

This planet,

He inexplicably looked at it and vaguely guessed its identity.

It seems to be the home planet of the Zolars, which appeared in Macross 7OVA, which is the place where the Galactic Whale "returns/is born".

Suddenly,

He inexplicably seemed to realize what the sadness he felt just now was.

The next moment, the picture changed.

But it confirmed He's inexplicable guess.

The cemetery of the galactic whale on that planet,

Excavated...

Digged up by a group of whip-wielding and white-robed men who drive hard labor and drive heavy machinery!!

At this point, the picture is black.

The scenery in front of him changed back to the familiar cockpit.

At this point, the truth is clear.

The purpose of the Galactic Whale's sudden appearance on this battlefield seems to be to find the enemy who dug up his ancestral grave. And the two of Basara just met by coincidence and were brought over by them.

For this fact, He inexplicably didn't know what to say for a while.

But remember, after a certain cycle, the Galactic whale will return to the home planet of the Zola, return to the cemetery, and give birth to the life law of new life. He can only sigh for those crazy people.

"Self-inflicted."