On the outskirts of the Magic Light City, Midgar, is a ring of scruffy slums. Since the defeat of the Nefheim Empire and the rebellion of Midgar, it has been in ruins. In the aftermath of the civil strife, all the poor people here were evacuated by the Avalanche Division. And now, it's a battlefield.

On the outskirts of the slum is a complex area of stone forest, where the Knights of the Demon Hunters, dressed in silver-white armor, engage in a fierce exchange of fire with two armies.

The forces of the Upper City marched from the south, surrounded the territory of the Demon Hunter Knights by tall battle mechs, large flying warships, and tanks.

The HRE Corporation's biochemical soldiers and emissaries attacked the avalanche stronghold from both the north and west, and a large number of terrifying emissaries and painless biochemical soldiers continued to attack the defense line of the Demon Hunter Knights' forward battalion with their bodies.

That's right, the Avalanche Division is being attacked from both sides.

In the rugged stone forest, the forward battalion of the Demon Hunter Knights in silver-white armor is taking advantage of the terrain to constantly engage the enemy who rushes into the position, and the figure of the Holy Ranger shuttles between the stone forests, bows and arrows, mana bodies, bullets, ballistics and fierce artillery fire continue to crash and explode in the stone forest area, and the battle situation is extremely tragic.

In the air, a handful of Black Dragon Knights and Griffin Knights flapped their wings, and Harpy Ranger swarmed around the Battle Ships of the Upper Realm, resisting the Iron with archaic-looking bows and magic. The corpses of black dragons, griffins, and flying machines continue to fall from the sky, and the air force of treated demon hunters takes off to join the battle.

Most of the enemies used guns and cannons, but the Demon Hunter Knights used magic, and only a small number of the Shinra soldiers who participated in the battle used modern weapons. It looks like a battle of technology and magic, but with the Demon Hunter Knights and the Avalanche Squad now being flanked from both sides, the situation looks precarious.

On the ground of the battlefield, Aite anxiously watched the increasingly severe battle situation on the ground, and wanted to go up in person to avenge those comrades who had died several times and were no longer able to be resurrected, but he still endured it. Claude of the Avalanche Division had already been wounded and retreated from the front, and if he could be wounded again, there would be no commander on the entire battlefield.

"Can't you contact the head of the regiment yet?" Aite asked with a heavy exhale.

"Still can't be contacted. A chubby liaison officer from the Avalanche Division said helplessly, "The signal interference of the Upper Realm Force is too strong, and it is impossible to send any signal like the outside world. ”

"Not on my side. Another researcher wearing a white coat from HRE also said, "The local area has carried out all-round indiscriminate signal interference, and neither we nor themselves can send out the signal." ”

"I can't do it on my side, I can't feel the Holy Light Insignia of the Regiment Commander. A holy priest of the Demon Hunter Knights shook his head, "There's a powerful evil aura in the Midgar Front, blocking us and the captain's senses. ”

"It's us who are the ones who hurt you. In the middle of this underground headquarters, a handsome man in a white suit with blond hair sighed.

Aite was noncommittal. This man is Rufus, the president of the HRE Corporation, and he does not have any good feelings for the people of the HRE Corporation, if it were not for the fact that the HRE Corporation participated in the war against the enemy army and escorted a large number of slums out of the slums, he would not have let the Demon Hunter Knights fight side by side with the rebels of the HRE Corporation.

However, although the HRE rebels were not treated well by the Demon Hunter Knights before, they still played a huge role in this battle. Not only did they have a large number of Shinra special forces to participate in the battle, but also some mechas, and the president Rufus even took out some magic stones and summoned beasts and provided them to the holy mage. Without their help, the Demon Hunter Knights and the Avalanche Division would not have been able to hold out until now in this sudden sneak attack.

"I really didn't expect that the battle in which we abandoned the darkness and turned to the light would be this kind of result. In the corner of the headquarters, Zoagu Luo Xiu, a former Upper Realm City with scars all over his body, sat there resting, and said with a wry smile, "If I knew this, I should have brought more troops out." ”

"Why did you come back to join us?" Rufus, with his hair a little messy, sat limply at the round table at the command headquarters, and asked curiously, "As far as I know, you should be the most loyal general in the Upper Realm City, and if it weren't for Mr. Aite's suggestion to let you join, we wouldn't have believed you at all." ”

"You should be able to trust me now, right?" said with a wry smile to Yagu Rosho, "Ever since the appearance of the emissary in Niveheim, I have had the intention of no longer serving the Empire. After the Battle of Insomonia, I have seen that whether it is Aetin, or Sephiroth, or Strip and Lonely Source, they are all demons who don't care about life. Serve them allegiance, and I will not become a stooge of the devil?"

"And what about the Sifa?" Rufus asked again, "that guy is a madman now, and he doesn't know how many times he would have died without the protection of his two men." ”

"Maybe the dream is shattered, and I beg for death without worry. Yagu Rosho smiled wryly again, "That's what he was like when I met him in Albadia City. Maybe the witch he was loyal to did something that made him unbearable and completely dashed his hopes, which is why he became the madman who hates the forces of Nifheim so much?"

"Hehe, it looks like all three of us are pretty much the same. Rufus sighed, "They are all wretched and disillusioned, and they have all fallen to the point of being protected by our old enemies." ”

Rufus sighed and looked at Claude, who was sitting in the innermost corner of the headquarters, with his head bowed and lifeless, several holy priests and Alice were constantly unleashing healing magic for him, and Alice's face was still clearly stained with tears.

"Is he still saved?" Rufus asked casually.

"There is hope. "Commander Claude is too strong, and it won't be easy to pull him back from the brink of death, but we won't give up." ”

"You Demon Hunter Knights have been an eye-opener for me. Rufus looked at the holy priests and said, "You can be saved from being hit head-on by a missile, and then being slashed several times by Sephiroth in a row." ”

"What will open your eyes is still to come!" At this moment, Aite, who had been silent except for issuing orders, suddenly stood up excitedly, "I already feel that Captain Edward is rapidly approaching here! That's right! That's the holy light that only the head of the group can have!"