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ZAC 2102The Eisen Dragoon cavalry led by Wolff Muroa gains total control over almost all of the central continent, Delpoi. The Neo Zenebas Empire is founded. The remaining Helic Republic forces keep up resistance through guerilla fighting everywhere.
ZAC 2105
The trump card of the Helic Republic Army's counteroffensive operation, Gojulas Giga, is completed.
ZAC 2106
The Republic start their counterattack in full. They succeed in recapturing the Cook stronghold.
The same year
Seismosaurus is completed by the Neo Zenebas Empire Army. With it, the Republic Army is completely expelled from the Central Continent. Defeated, they escape to the Eastern Continent, and enlist the help of ZOITEC.
ZAC 2107
The Republic Army's Gairyuuki is completed.
ZAC 2108
The Republic Army returns, landing on a northeast part of the Central Continent's coast. Neo Zenebas' strongholds fall one by one, and the Republic army advances, aiming for the old Helic capital...
ZAC 2109 - Early spring - Central Continent - Old Helic Republic Capital
100 kilometers north of the old capital:The Republic Army corps that accomplished a return landing to the Central Continent confronted the Neo Zenebas defense forces. Both advance guards could already be seen in the distance. The Republic vanguard of Gairyuuki and Gojulas Giga was followed by Dispelow, Evo Flyer, Leogator, Dimetro Ptera, and other various new-type Blox. The Empire Army, focusing on Seismosaurus and Energy Liger, strengthened their defensive formation with Scissorstorm, Laserstorm, and Steelarmor. In the sky were Lord Gale, Flyscissors, and Storch. It was all-out war, with over ten thousand Zoids thrown into combat between both armies.
Already the Empire Army has none of their overwhelming predominance. War potential is even. Against the Republic army, who could throw their entire forces into this battle, the Empire army-which had to pay attention to the defense of the entire vast Central Continent-could only put in thirty percent of their total potential. Their trump card Seismosaurus' Zenebas Gun, placed in various locations, lost its precise firing at super-long distances thanks to Dimetro Ptera's electromagnetic wave jamming. As a result, its range was shortened before reaching the Republic Army. It was the morale of both parties and their Zoids' abilities that would decide this match.
The morale of the Republic Army was high enough to pierce the heavens. Things were within reach so long as their seen birthplace reached even into their dreams. The Republic Zoids felt the soldiers' excitement, their iron throats vibrating as one after another they roared.
A great line of light ran past their eyes: it was the Zenebas Gun at point-blank range. The clash of the entire army began at that signal of bombardment.
Emperor Wolff Muroa's suffering
Approximately in the center of the old Republic capital, inside the cockpit of an Energy Liger adjusted as the Emperor's personal Zoid...the face of Wolff Muroa, hearing the roaring of the bombardment to the north, was full of bitterness. To rally the Empire Army continuing to be pushed back by the Republic's smooth advance, the Emperor himself departed for the front. Still, his suffering was irrelevant in the progress of this battle."Why doesn't the fighting on this planet end...?" he kept asking himself.
It was seven years from total control of the Central Continent. Decisive blows were dealt to Republic Army on many occasions as they kept up their stubborn resistance. But every time they returned, becoming stronger from them. It was because of the Helic people's support. Wolff had laid out a good government to the best of his ability. His heart was to have been poured into the hearts of the entire nation, without the distinction of the Helic and Zenebas factions. Zoid automation with the introduction of Blox Zoids and the large-scale reduction in war expenditures was because he'd felt the lives of people would suffer in a long war. But as soon as the Republic Army landed again, the Helic people all turned their support to them. Casting aside their richer lives than before, they threw themselves into the new fight.
"Why..."
Again, those bitter words came. But Wolff still knew the reality: the people's choice was battle over peace.
Wolff himself had taken up arms for the sake of the people and soldiers of old Zenebas, and they had rebuilt their native country by smashing the peace that had fallen over this planet for over forty years. But this gave birth to countless new discord and hatred. The antagonism between people and countries that had built up long before Wolff was born spread further. Any kind of good government is powerless in front of the hatred of a person whose pride and native country have been snatched away. He realized the extent of this thing called hatred: no matter what this battle's direction, people's antagonism could only increase, and likely would never vanish.
"But...if that's true, the fighting on this planet will only end when...!"
Wolff slammed his fist into the cockpit panels in despair.
He met the frontline battle at its height-a fierce fight. Thousands of Zoids smashed, tens of thousands of soldiers fallen-it was a critical moment. The goddess of victory would be smiling on the ones who got through this. The reinforcement forces sallied forth hurriedly from the Empire headquarters. The confusion cleared the area around Wolff momentarily. Now the number of escort Zoids protecting the Emperor's Zoid was only ten-odd. And suddenly, several Liger Zero X in the middle of it all flung off their armor, and sprang toward the Energy Liger...
The last of the Flash Division - Ray Gregg's surprise attack
The X bared their fangs at Wolff. They were assassins, captured by the Republic Army and carried in secretly by workers. Combining with the Phoenix that took off from a trailer disguised in a supply unit, the X suddenly became Zero Phoenix."Wolff Muroa! Prepare yourself!!" one of the Zero Phoenix pilots shouted.
Ray Gregg. An ace in the former Flash Division, this was the man called Leomaster. Ray's assault aimed straight for the Energy Liger's throat.
"That movement...is it Ray Gregg!?" The shadows of suffering lifted from Wolff's eyes, and light replaced them. Ray was an enemy [read: killed her in battle] of Anna Tarres, Wolff's childhood friend who was his only companion.
"Wolff! This time I'll take you down. I'm betting my life on it!!"
Eight years ago, Ray overlooked Wolff to save his comrades, and he felt as though he were responsible for the current battles. They were two people fated to fight. However, there was a difference in power between the Zoids they piloted that was hard to ignore. Ray's Zero Phoenix fully accelerated to a speed of three hundred forty kilometers per hour in only three seconds, but Wolff's Energy Liger easily dodged the certain kill assault, its speed exceeding six hundred kilometers per hour in what seemed an instant.
Ray was aghast. Of course, he knew the Energy Liger's specs, but drawing out its full abilities would not be easy, even with Leomaster-class skill. Emperor Wolff clearly showed he was doing just that.
This Wolff was not the one of eight years ago. While mastering the work of an emperor, he'd intently polished his piloting skills. He'd wanted the power to fight equally against Ray, man to man. It was ironic, but by piloting a Zoid himself he felt his troubles as an emperor were endured.
"Ray Gregg. I will make you understand my feelings!"
The Energy Charger of the Emperor's Zoid hummed angrily. With a rise of intense power, its whole fuselage seemed to shine with uncontrollable energy. The hair on Ray's body bristled.
"It comes...!" Seemingly the instant he thought it, a body-shattering shock ran through him. The Energy Liger's heavy laser claws had smacked squarely into his Zoid. Such speed...the Phoenix armor was reduced to scrap in one blow. The second attack came, and the B-CAS (Blox Changing Armor System) was forced apart. The violently damaged Phoenix was cast aside, leaving the Liger light. So he'd barely managed to change, but how could he defeat this monster with the naked Zero?
He turned around, becoming strangely aware of the hatred coming from the Empire Zoid. 僅か数機の味方が支えきれる数ではない. [It was not a figure so few allies could help him against?] In this hopeless situation, a smile unconsciously floated across Ray's face. From the beginning he'd had the feeling he wouldn't return alive. Even if it was by them destroying each other, he would defeat Wolff. Only this burning desire was in Ray's heart.
The falcon that calls victory - Birth of Zero Falcon!!
At that moment - the sky broke. A hole was pierced in part of the empire flying division's defense net. It was a desperate charge of flying mode Dimetro Ptera. They plunged forward to protect a fuselage with unfamiliar compilation opposite center. Slipping through the rain of anti-air fire, the flying Zoid swooped down before Ray's eyes."Jet Falcon...just in time?!"
It was the new B-CAS for the Zero that changed into Phoenix. If they combined, he reckoned he could battle equally with the Energy Liger.
"Oh no you don't!"
Wolff's charge. 剥き出しのボディ表面を削られながら、辛うじてかわす。[Reduced to the surface of its naked body, the Zero barely managed to change...?]. At the same time, the Falcon transformed. One after the other, linking circuits with the Zero opened.
Unison complete!
...and Wolff approached. His movement seemed hurried: he intended to finish this himself before being hindered by the guards.
"最後に甘さが出たな. [you...must not be so naive in the end?] Your Majesty-!"
They did not call it bravery to so abruptly charge an unknown enemy. It was overconfidence in the swiftness of the Energy Liger's maximum speed of 660 kilometers per hour. Perhaps he did not think that the Zero had become one with the Falcon? The Zero Falcon swayed at equivalent speed. The Energy Liger's claws cut across the sky - and the Zero Flacon's Buster Claws drilled into its undefended body.
At the same time, the Empire defense line began to collapse. Seismosaurus, pressed into close combat at the front lines, was unable to take the combined attacks of Gairyuuki and Gojulas Giga.
Energy Liger runs wild! Countdown to Destruction
Its fuselage squarely run through, the Energy Liger's Zoid Core completely stopped. But the eerie roar from the core's self-supported Energy Charger only continued to rise. It kept producing energy without any place for it to go, feeding it to the core. With its output upped as the emperor's personal Zoid, Wolff's Energy Liger boasted operating time twice that of the usual Zoid. But that simultaneously hid the risk of that energy running wild. Originally, the energy that had to be consumed was gathered in the body of the Energy Liger. This huge accumulation of energy made the 160-ton giant operate at the swift speed of 660 kilometers per hour. Though the Energy Liger's Zoid Core had stopped, the amount of energy was enough to induce the collapse of the core.It was Wolff who noticed it first.
"It's Valhalla all over again..."
8 years ago, the Guylos capital city Valhalla was laid ruin by the collapse of the Death Saurer's core. Suppose the same thing happened here? What would happen to both gathered armies' forces of over 20,000 soldiers and the people in and around the old capital city? Unexpectedly, the Energy Liger's cockpit sprang open - the emergency escape device operated. Wolff, who had released it by hand, yelled into a mike:
"Everybody, escape to the west with the citizens!"
And he turned his Zoid back east. Its Zoid Core stopped, the movement of the Energy Liger with the output of its charger turned to its legs was like the dead. Its speed like a flash of light gone, it crawled eastward with a speed not above 40 kilometers per hour. Then Ray, who'd been interrupted by the emperor's guards, saw the Energy Liger melting in the scorching heat, and understood Wolff's real intentions. He planned to save the soldiers and people by taking his own life into his hands. Ray knew Wolff had bet his life to rescue one subordinate before. And now, the Emperor was risking it all to save this city occupied mostly by Helic people.
Ray sprang, aware he'd expose an opening to the guards. Countless shots drove into the Zero's defenseless belly, but with that he brought it alongside the Energy Liger. The canopy opened and Ray jumped down.
"What are you doing? Ray Gregg!"
Wolff shouted from where they could both see each other.
"The Falcon's originally a B-CAS developed for the Energy Liger! Maybe if..."
Ray screamed back, pulling on the cords of the Energy Liger that blazed at high temperatures. He figured that by connecting to the Zero Falcon's jack, it could absorb the surplus energy. Recognizing his aim, Wolff also jumped off his favorite Zoid and caught hold of the cords.
There were no words between them. However, these two men who had been destined to fight thought now of the strange miracle that brought their efforts together. Wolff's sweet vision flashed before him -
"This long battle... might some day end..."
-and the Energy Liger and Zero Falcon connected. The Buster Claws' muzzles drew in the excess energy, firing it as beams. Becoming a great pillar of light, they rose toward the heavens.