What follows is a very difficult boss battle, as a former undead knight pilot, Ray's combat ability is obviously very terrifying.

Especially after being transformed into a shepherd, it is now full of combat power.

Basically, when heavy armor is fired, it will be scrapped and must be repaired quickly.

And each mecha has to take turns to carry damage, and it is definitely impossible to rely on one guy to be in front.

Fortunately, he was able to get support from Fido and Commander Rena during the battle.

In order to defeat Lei, the members of the Second Corps were almost filling with their lives, and these completely autonomous friendly units were sent to their deaths one by one.

Luckily, Ray didn't activate the AOE, so he was able to save the output of the remaining 5 members of the vanguard by constantly exploding and sacrificing.

The battle lasted for a long time, and it took about two times before Yamada managed to defeat Ray.

……

Finally, into the plot animation:

Airplanes!

Xin piloted his mech to approach Ray quickly.

The giant guy who was obviously more than twice his size, and in front of him, Xin's mecha looked like a little bit.

A reptile, a four-legged spider, something like this.

After some evolution and upgrades, I didn't expect this guy to be so ugly now.

He jumps on the ground, but the next second he is bounced off by the opponent's mechanical legs.

Bang!

Shin was hit and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterward, several pairs of huge liquid metal arms grew out of Ray's mecha, pinning Xin's God of Destruction to the ground.

After several crackdowns, Xin had fainted.

"Captain Nozan! Can you hear me, Captain Nozan! Wake up, please! ”

On the other end of the sync, listening to everyone keep shouting, Rena shouted too.

Wake up, get out of there, get rid of that heavy fighter. None of these reminders of the current situation were a reason to impress him.

Rena was clear. She had already noticed it. So, she will definitely succeed and will succeed.

At that time, that night, Xin said that he was going to kill his brother with a sad tone like a knife.

In fact, Xin, who didn't want to fight his brother at all, insisted on the reason for a head-on duel with Lei.

"Aren't you going to sacrifice your brother! - Shin! ”

……

Xin suddenly came to his senses, then his eyes lit up, and he instantly operated the four-legged spider-like God of Destruction Mecha, bounced on the ground, dodged Thunder's attack, and then climbed up along its body.

In the back, where Rena's missile hit her, but it was an unexploded bomb.

A notch was torn open in the armor of its back, just enough to fit the barrel in.

Firmly stomp on the hind legs and crush the ground entirely.

The steel body wailed frequently, and the violent impact penetrated the central processing system, causing it to crash, leaving Ray's thoughts blank.

But he still followed the instinct of a combat machine and constantly fired shells around. The little bugs all around seemed to have escaped.

The processing system and sensors are gradually restored.

Then, Ray saw it.

Just behind him, the "undertaker", who got up at some point, aimed his cannon at this place.

When Xin fainted, he appeared to cut his forehead.

Because of the bleeding, the left eye cannot be opened.

The sensations of the body are also detached. It's barely moving. The head is in a trance, and it is difficult to think.

The secondary screen was ruined, and the cockpit looked a little dim.

Xin pressed his left hand against his still somewhat vague head, leaning weakly against the inner wall, just reaching out to hold the joystick, his eyes fixed on the screen.

I seem to have been woken up by someone, but the effects of fainting are still severe, and I don't know what happened for the time being.

I don't know why I'm still alive or what's going on around me.

Xin only knew that neither he nor the "undertaker" body was dead.

And the brother who hopes to be buried by his own hands is right in front of him.

The body that had fainted for a while at least had the strength to hold the lever and pull the trigger.

That's enough.

“…… Laborious. ”

The voice of the undead rang out. It was the voice of his brother who had died a long time ago. It's the same as the last time I heard it, and I stayed alone in this corner of the battlefield, and I didn't forgive my brother's voice until the end.

When he heard that voice for the first time in the lament of the dead, he made up his mind to find his brother and send him away with his own hands.

"Xin."

"Xin."

The voice of the undead sounded again.

For the never-ending call of the "legion", in fact, Xin didn't feel terrible at all.

On the contrary, I feel sympathy.

Because they only borrow the words of the dead, and they only use the kind of mechanical words that they can't understand, and they constantly lament their desire to return.

Those who were supposed to return to Hades after death but could not return, crying out that they did not want to die.

Their dying words were borrowed by the army of the undead known as the "Legion" to lament their desire to return.

Xin couldn't watch his brother stay in this group of undead and fly away alone.

After he died, he was taken away, imprisoned in a battle machine equivalent to an undead, constantly calling for his brother.

Xin vowed to find his head, confront him, destroy him, and bury him.

For this goal, Xin will go to the battlefield.

For this goal, he will fight all the way for five years.

There is no responsibility to bear, and there is no sin to be paid.

Although he understands this truth.

But for the sin that his brother gave him in the end, and for the undead who did not forget to call his brother before he died......

He still has to make a complete end before he can move on.

Aiming is complete. The muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the gap in the middle of the steel-colored armor that stood in front of him, and it had split by itself.

"Farewell."

"Brother!"

Xin pulled the trigger.

In the middle of the whole picture, the sound stops abruptly.

At the same time, Massaharu Yamada's heartbeat also missed a beat.

Rumble!

Before Ray's mech was about to explode, his arm, which was condensed from liquid nanometal, gently stepped forward and held his brother's face.

Then cover it over Xin's mech, gently pushing it away.

Bang!

Loud explosions.

Shin, who would have died with his brother in the explosion, was protected in this way by the dead undead Ray Nozan.

……

At this moment, Masahru Yamada realized-

Although his brother has become a shepherd and has lost his mind, it seems that he still loves his brother from the bottom of his heart.

Everything he had done before seemed to be crazy and desperate for aggression, but in fact, he just wanted to protect Xin and snatch his own brother from the hands of those white-skinned pigs of Santa Gnolia.

That's all.

Even after he was hit, because the self-detonation system was about to explode, he still gently but firmly pushed Xin away with his liquid metal arm.

……

Woo woo, I'm really crying......

……

[Chapter 41: The Final Place That Can Be Reached]

After the battle with Shepherd Ray, the 86s fended off another attack by the Imperial Legion and returned to the 86 war zone.

It's just different from the previous situation.

This time in their rear was no longer a minefield set up by St. Gnolia to prevent the 86s from escaping and mutiniing.

Behind them are the people who stand behind them.

After the previous war, in the Republic of Santa Gnolia, people have witnessed the existence of 86, they are living human beings.

Like the white race, they are all flesh and blood human beings who need survival and dignity.

They are not drones without names and with code names.

They were the great fighters of the republic, who did not hesitate to sacrifice themselves and go to the front in order to defend the country, to protect those in the rear.

In Area 86, countless people died.

They all deserve to be remembered by history.

They are the loveliest people in the world, the greatest defenders, and the most admirable warriors.

Without their sacrifices, there would be no present tranquility in the rear.

It was also from the day of the [Burning of the Iron Curtain] that people took the existence of the 86 seriously, and Santa Gnolia no longer only chose heterochromatic species to fight on the front line.

Countless Caucasian volunteers were drafted into the army and became an important force in resisting the empire and recovering lost territory.

Seeing this scene, Massaharu Yamada was almost moved to tears.

It's hard to describe in words.

I just felt a fire burning in my chest.

……

Everything is moving towards the most hopeful, the best tomorrow.

But that doesn't end there.

In the month following the Burning of the Iron Curtain, Santa Generia's military tried all the members of the 2nd Theater of Operations in the Eastern Theater.

Because they [betrayed their own country, and threatened it with the destruction of their country, which is a great treason]

Therefore, the execution of Hasawa and others was only done in secret.

Ha?!

When he saw this, Yamada Masaharu was shocked.

What are these shameless white-skinned pigs doing?

Is that how you treat your heroes?

Seriously, throughout the game, Captain Hasawa is Yamada's favorite person.

Although he still looks a little immature, he shows a very high combat quality, and at the same time is very brave and wise, it is because of him that the 86 people can be known by people, and they can also promote the mobilization of all the people behind, whether it is the white race or the heterochromatic species, they are all treated equally on the battlefield.

What an amazing act.

However, it is really unsatisfactory to end up like this.

……

Those who commit such things as [mutiny] and "disobedience to command" will definitely be held accountable.

The commander of the 2nd Corps, Hazawa, is a good example.

In the end, the five of them made a decision-

It seems that there is nothing left to protect them.

Since we are all going to die, we have to choose the way we die.

So, they left the front line, and ignored the [recall letter] sent from the imperial capital, and left without hesitation, away from Santa Gnolia, and went deeper into the empire.

Five people go to a distant land to find their place of death.

Now, it didn't make sense for Rena to apologize or blame herself, so she couldn't think of anything to say.

Even so, she subconsciously spoke:

"Don't leave me alone."

Rena, who didn't understand what she said until a beat late, froze in place. Why don't you say it, just don't leave me? Not only is it shameless, but it doesn't understand the meaning at all.

On the other hand, when they heard this, they smiled softly.

It was only then that Rena realized that it was the first time they had actually smiled at her.

A smile that is soft and mixed with a little wry smile. It's like the kind of expression that my brother and sister who are going to go to elementary school today will have when they meet their young sister who keeps coquettishly saying that they want to go too.

"Ahh Sounds awesome yes, this. ”

Lydon smiled. Like a beast that roams the wilderness with the strength of itself and its companions, it is as strong and proud as a beast.

"That's right. We weren't driven away, we took the initiative to go on a journey. You can go wherever you want. ”

Their attention shifted from Rena to the way forward. Everyone's eyes and thoughts flew to the future ahead again.

Rena held her breath slightly.

The feelings that come from them through synchronization are not enlightenment, nor are they calm.

For example, it's like seeing the blue sea glittering under a clear sky for the first time.

It's like being taken to an endless, spring-like grassland, and being told that you can run and play to your heart's content.

Unquenchable excitement and pure joy. It's like I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and I can't wait for a moment.

Ahhhh

Does this teach me how to stop them? No matter what words you say, you can't stop them.

For them, the so-called freedom.

Rena now understands that even if she just chooses the place where she died and the path on the way, this level of freedom is still so respectable and so precious.

Finding that Rena had silently accepted the parting, they took another step. And at the end, in the face of Rena, who understood but was still emotionally unacceptable, Xin smiled softly.

That was the first time Rena felt it, and he smiled so peacefully.

Carefree, without a hint of gloom.

"We're going first, Major."

Synchronization was quietly interrupted.

The five points of light disappeared silently. Out of control, the object setting of perceptual synchronization has also been erased.

In this way, there will be no chance to see each other again.

Tears overflowed, constantly falling from his eyes, unable to stop the whimpering sound that welled up in his throat

Rena lay on her stomach on the computer console and cried loudly.

……

During the game, the song sung by Ayumi Hamasaki sounded.

And in the TV, in the distant dusk sky, there is a beautiful sunset.

A flock of geese flapped their wings and flew into the distance.

No more, no less, exactly 5.

This is the end of the game, followed by a barrage on the screen:

【THE END】

……

Nani?!

Seeing this, Yamada Masaharu was stunned.

It's over?

……

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