Previous Chapter: Isle of Hades | Next Chapter: Shadow of the Invaders
Chapter 19: Dawn of the Final Battle
*Prep screen, all units deploy inside DC HQ*
Masaki: This must be the central area…where’s Shu?
Ryusei: That’s strange. All I see are cannons…is that it?
Masaki: Yeah…what’s the DC thinking?
Ingram: …Perhaps their intention was to lure us here.
Masaki: But why…!?
Shiro: Masaki! There’s a reading from up ahead!!
Masaki: !!
*Panoramic shot of Valsion and Granzon*
Bian: You’ve come far. But, if you cannot defeat my Valsion…
Bian: Then the DC will never die. If you understand my vision, then join with me. And together, our combined might can safeguard the Earth.
Ryusei: What…!?
Masaki: Shu! So you’re here too!!
Shu: Apparently, we are destined to fight one another.
Masaki: Destined to fight…!? We’re here because you want to rule the world, just like Bian!
Shu: No. I’m not interested in that.
Shu: My mission is to eliminate the foreign matter.
Masaki: Foreign matter…!? You mean the aliens!?
Shu: …You might say that.
Masaki: I don’t buy it! You didn’t have to join the DC just to fight against the aliens!!
Shu: Heh, really now…how quickly you forget.
Masaki: What…!?
Shu: Don’t you remember what I did in Antarctica?
Masaki: Antarctica…!?
Shu: Yes. When I attacked the Guest’s…no, the alien’s battleship…
Shu: Wouldn’t you say I indirectly saved this planet?
Ryusei: Get real! You sank the Shirogane and wiped out the EFA forces!!
Shu: …I’m sure it’s difficult for you to understand…
Shu: But if I didn’t do what I did, the aliens would’ve taken over the Earth.
Masaki: You’re lying!
Bian: No he isn’t. Albert Grey, the president of the Federal Government and member of the EOT Council…
Bian: Was there to negotiate a peace treaty with the aliens.
Masaki: Peace treaty!?
Rai: …Of course. So then, the reason we were assigned to the Antarctic Base…wasn’t to oversee the ceremony…
Rai: But as an emergency measure in case fighting broke out…!
Bian: But, these aliens possess intelligence greater than that of ours…thus it is impossible to negotiate on equal terms with them.
Aya: Th-Then…why did they try to negotiate anyway…?
Bian: Many leaders in the Federal Government and the EFA…
Bian: They were offering an unconditional surrender to the aliens…in an attempt to save themselves…
Masaki: Surrender!?
Bian: …Yes. In return for their technology and advanced weaponry.
Ryusei: Th-That’s insane!
Ryusei: The guys in the government and the military…they weren’t even trying to protect the Earth!?
Bian: Yes. That’s why they called the aliens “Guests”, and adopted a friendly attitude toward them.
Ryusei: But wait, why did you start this fight to begin with!?
Bian: …I decided to form the DC to protect the Earth from the alien threat.
Ingram: Of course, that’s why you declared war on both the EFA and the aliens simultaneously.
Bian: Yes. That incident forced the EFA…no, all mankind, into war against the aliens.
Aya: If that’s the case…then why did you have to involve the entire planet!?
Aya: The DC could have just cooperation with the EFA!
Bian: Heheheh…cooperate? I’ve been cooperating with the EFA for a long time. Consider this…
Bian: You possess mechs powered by EOT…
Bian: In addition to the Tronium Engine, and the Tesla Drive…
Bian: All of which was created by the Tesla-Leicht Institute and EOTI, both of which I established.
Aya: ! Th-That’s…
Shu: However…
Shu: Despite our providing EOT, a number of people in the EFA and Federal Government…
Shu: They feared the aliens so much…that they decided to surrender and offer the Earth as a gift.
Bian: I didn’t research the EOT and create the Valsion and the Granzon for that.
Bian: Everything I did was to protect the Earth from the upcoming invasion.
Shu: But, the EFA, the Feds, and the EOT Council decided to use our mechs for a different cause…
Shu: For the sole purpose of defending themselves.
Masaki: Heh…and you just couldn’t forgive them for that.
Shu: We needed to teach them that the Granzon, the Valsion, the DC, and ourselves…
Shu: Weren’t just puppets and tools for them to use.
Masaki: Is that why you wiped out the Antarctic Base!?
Shu: Yes. To show Dr. Bian’s will to the Feds, the EOT Council…and the rest of the world…
Shu: It was a necessary sacrifice.
Masaki: Necessary sacrifice? Are you kidding me…!
Bian: Now, the entire planet is threatened by the aliens…
Bian: In order to combat it, everyone must unite under the banner of the Divine Crusaders.
Bian: And if you still refuse to join my army in this endeavor…
Bian: Then to protect the Earth from invasion, and to realize my vision…all of you must die here.
Masaki: Shut up! If you couldn’t come up with a better plan than dragging the entire world into a war…
Masaki: Then there’s no way you can defend the Earth from the upcoming crisis!!
Bian: Then come and defeat me…and save the planet yourself!
Masaki: You got it! We’ll defeat you…and the DC!!
*Conditions shown, Battle starts*
{Ryusei VS Bian}
Ryusei: You have nowhere left to run, Bian Zoldark!!
Bian: Hahaha…you’re right. But, the same is true for the human race.
Ryusei: What!?
Bian: …The day is coming when you understand. Now…come at me with all your strength!!
Ryusei: Alright! Here I come!!
{Irm VS Bian}
Irm: Couldn’t you think of a better way to protect the Earth than this?
Bian: …Many people believe that the peace offered to them will last forever…
Bian: However, sometimes peace merely obscures the truth.
Irm: I see. I suppose it’s too late for you anyways…
Irm: But we still have time! And we’ll start with defeating you!
{Masaki VS Bian}
Bian: Masaki Andoh. The victor of this battle…will bear the responsibility of protecting the Earth.
Masaki: !!
Bian: If you can’t defeat my Valsion…
Bian: I will unite the world by force…and we will fight against the aliens.
Masaki: Fine! After I defeat you, the aliens are next!!
{Ryoto VS Bian}
Ryoto: …You probably don’t know me…I was once a member of the DC. But…
Bian: …Ryoto Hikawa, I am aware of who you are.
Ryoto: Y-You are!?
Bian: If you won’t rejoin the DC…you must defeat me.
Ryoto: Understood… Then, here I come…! Commander Bian Zoldark…!
{Masaki VS Shu}
Masaki: Shu! Just what are you trying to gain from all this!?
Shu: …Why are you wasting your time on me?
Shu: Commander Bian has ordered me not to interfere in your final battle.
Masaki: That’s not good enough!!
Shu: …I suppose not. Well, if we must…
Shu: Let us fight.
{Defeat Shu}
Shu: Tch…! U-Unbelievable…my Granzon defeated…
Shu: W-Were they more powerful than I anticipated…!?
Shu: Impossible…!!
{Granzon explodes}
Masaki: D-Did we do it…!?
Masaki: ….
Masaki: No, he wouldn’t die so easily…
*Deathblow*
Bian: U-Uwaaaaa!?
*Defeat the Valsion*
Bian: H-Hahaha…You’ve grown stronger…I think you’re ready now…
Masaki: W-What!?
Bian: It’s time for an old man like me to retire…the future rests in the hands of young men and women like yourselves…
Masaki: The future!? What are you…!?
Bian: D-Don’t forget…you must…fight the aliens with the strength and power of your youth…
Bian: You can desire peace…but, you must not surrender…to it.
Bian: If you have something you want to protect, then use all of your courage and power to protect it. *Cough*…Ugh…
Bian: A-Apparently…my end draws near…
Masaki: Bian!!
Bian: …Lune…my dearest daughter… I wish I could say goodbye…
Masaki: Lune? Daughter…!?
Bian: H-Ha ha ha…it’s only natural…for a parent to die first…
Bian: …For…give…me…
*Valsion explodes*
Outside of the DC base
Eita: The hull is 70% compromised! 80% of our weaponry is no longer functioning!
Tetsuya: Blast…! Is this it…!?
Daitetsu: No! We’re not sunk yet!
Eita !! Captain, there’s a large energy reaction from inside the fortress!
*Explosion*
Elzam: ! That explosion…then, the Valsion has…
Adler: I-Impossible…! The commander…the Valsion was defeated!?
Elzam: …Commander Bian…
Elzam: This trial…has ended.
Adler: …Th-the commander is gone, but as long as I live the DC shall not fall!
Adler: All hands, protect me! Protect me now!!
Elzam: Attention all units. Abandon the current battle…retreat from Aidoneus Island.
Adler: Wh-What!? You, you can’t mean to just abandon the island!?
Elzam: The commander is lost. We only have one course of action now…
Elzam: Do you disagree?
Adler: Th-This must be a joke! I haven’t given up! I won’t give up!
Elzam: Then…I have nothing more to say.
Eita: ! The Kurogane is changing its course!
Tetsuya: What!? Aren’t they gonna finish us off!?
Elzam: Farewell, Hagane…and you, my brother. I’ll see you again.
*Kurogane and all enemies except Adler’s Albatross retreat*
Adler: W…Wait! W-We must retreat too! Retreat!
*Albatross flees*
Eita: All enemy units have retreated!
Tetsuya: Why…? They were winning the battle…
Daitetsu: …..
Daitetsu: …And what of our PT units?
Eita: All units survived. They’ve reported that they defeated the Valsion in combat!
Tetsuya: The Valsion!? Is that why the enemy fled…?
Daitetsu: …..
Daitetsu: We won here today. But, at the same time…
Daitetsu: We have been given a new mission.
Izu Base
Operator: Commander Laker, incoming message from the Hagane!
Laker: From the Hagane? What does it say?
Operator: I’ll read it. “Successfully sealed Hades.” Repeat, “Successfully sealed Hades.”
Sakae: Th-That means…!
Laker: Yes. Daitetsu succeeded in his mission to take down Aidoneus.
Hans: (…Aidoneus Island has fallen…impossible…)
Hans: (What was Adler doing all this time…!?)
Laker: You really did it, Daitetsu…you and everyone on the Hagane…
EOT Council
Albert: Chairman! Chairman Schtlesemann!
Karl: What’s all the commotion?
Albert: The crew of the Hagane killed Bian Zoldark!
Karl: So…Bian is dead.
Albert: And DC in various locations are retreating.
Karl: And the UCC?
Albert: Commander Maier V. Branstein too…
Albert: He was killed in combat with the Hiryu Custom.
Albert: All the obstacles in the EOT Council’s way have been cleared.
Karl: (…The both died at the same time…)
Karl: (That can’t be a coincidence…)
Albert: It’s safe to say that the war is finally over.
Karl: On the contrary. The real war has just begun, Albert.
Albert: …Y-You’re right. We still have to fight the Aerogaters…
Karl: We can’t allow the aliens to see how vulnerable we are.
Karl: Order Norman to hunt down the remaining DC and UCC forces.
Albert: We should also begin to build a consensus Congress and the NSC…
Karl: Right…and contact Nibhal Mubhal.
Albert: You mean…?
Karl: Yes. We’ll take the initiative and resume negotiations…
Dawn of the Final Battle End
Previous Chapter: Isle of Hades | Next Chapter: Shadow of the Invaders
