That was the leader of this rebellion: Aleph Stro, a former senior general of the Academian Federation, now suspected to be a traitor who defected to the Thebite Unified Government. It's strange, why do old guys always like to stir up trouble and then leave the task of getting themselves killed to the young people? Perlis turned her head slightly and looked out the window again. As the transport plane got closer and closer to the Charon Special Zone, the artillery array became more and more dense, and the factor shields of countless shuttles were shattered by bursts of artillery fire, and then fell to the ground accompanied by screams on the radio. War is like a man-eating poisonous fog, devouring the lives on the earth unscrupulously, and then extending its claws to the sky, dragging one life after another into the endless abyss. "Academi A-52 calling headquarters, [Blade of Babel] has entered the designated airspace, requesting permission to drop." Oh? Is it about to start? Perlis swung the butterfly knife around her thumb a few times before throwing it into the air, then grabbed it and put it inside her sleeve. She stood up and slowly walked to the cabin of the shuttle, facing the cabin door that was shaking constantly due to the explosion outside. Shock waves hit the shuttle like waves hitting reefs, as if they would drag her into this vortex of death in the next second. Even so, the girl's face remained calm. She had long locked the fear into the black box in her heart, along with the icy rain eight years ago, and left it behind. Before I knew it, it's been eight years... "HQ calling A-52, permission to drop."
"Ms. Pearlis, please get ready!" As the release permission came, the driver sighed with relief. Then, he pulled the lever. "call--" The cold wind blew into the cabin from the gradually opening door, hitting Perlis's face and blowing her long, delicate white hair into the air, fluttering like fireworks. She had to hold on to the handrail beside her to avoid being blown away by the strong wind in the sky. The azure blue sky unfolded before Perlis' eyes. The magnificent and vast sky was now filled with countless explosions. The flames and shock waves shattered the clouds that were originally wandering comfortably, making the entire sky look like hell, filled with the breath of death and destruction. Looking down at the earth, Perlis soon saw the Charon District: on the plain in front of the hedgehog-shaped Thebite Mountains in the distance, the huge square city was standing proudly. The army had surrounded the entire city, but the silver-white steel wall was still strong, with no intention of giving up resistance. The rebels operated the cannons on the city wall and continuously sent countless shells into the sky and the earth. One explosion after another continued to burst out, and the deafening explosion sound was endless. If it were any other country's military facility, the Federation could crush it within ten minutes, but Aleph Stro's dependent army also possessed Academi's equipment and technology, which inevitably turned the battle into a protracted war. However, since Perlis has come here, it means that it is time for all this to end... Perlis tapped the bracelet on her left wrist gently, and the silver bracelet slowly began to rotate. As it rotated, it slowly split into two independent circles, rotating in an "X" shape around the blood-red crystal in the center of the bracelet, rubbing out faint red sparks. As the bracelet rotated faster, countless faint red light spots in the air were sucked into the bracelet, forming a faint red field in the gap between the two rings. Slowly, a layer of protective shield invisibly wrapped around Perlis's body, flashing a faint red light that was invisible to the naked eye. This is the Factor Shield, an active defense system covering the body surface that can resist damage from most conventional kinetic weapons. It represents the highest weapon configuration that a single federal soldier can possess. However, compared to this high-tech shield, Perlis's clothes are not so "soldier-like": a loose black coat with a hood and wide sleeves over a white shirt with a small bow tie, a skirt on the lower body, and black stockings wrapped around her slender legs. This outfit doesn't look like a soldier about to land on the battlefield. To be more specific, it looks more like a little girl who is about to go to school. "..." "The hatch is open, the drop begins!" the driver yelled, and the artillery array on the ground once again sprayed the life-threatening rain of fire into the sky like a hungry dragon, which made his nerves seem to be on the verge of collapse. Perlis slowly walked to the edge of the cabin door. At this moment, she stood alone at the edge of the sky, but her slender legs did not tremble at all because of the strong wind. "[Pure White Fireworks] are being released!" As the driver roared, Perlis gently closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her blood-red eyes were covered with a layer of mist. let's start.
Perlis naturally opened her arms, leaned forward, and dived headfirst into the sky filled with the flames of death. The cold wind blew through the girl's white hair, but it could not change the dull and indifferent expression on her face. At this moment, she was like the master of the sky, freely falling in the vast blue sky, as if all this was her birthright. "Zizizizi..." During the fall, Perlis's bracelet spun at high speed, forming a small red vortex, and countless red destructive factors were sucked into Perlis's bracelet. The factor shield burned under the intense friction with the air, creating one red factor energy arc after another. From the perspective of the ground, Perlis became a shining meteor, dragging a long red tail of flame as it glided across the hellish sky. The factor shield greatly reduced the negative impact of the strong wind when flying at high altitudes, which allowed Perlis to observe the situation on the ground very clearly: the iron curtain of the Charon Special Zone had begun to be destroyed by the huge siege machinery of Academi, and the city defense began to collapse, but this was obviously not something that could be solved in a short time. But the Federation obviously couldn't wait any longer. The longer it dragged on, the weaker the deterrent power of Academi on this continent would be, so Academi's offensive became more and more intense. However, participating in the siege was not Perlis's mission, her mission was to capture the king. Perlis's target is Aleph Stro. The tall tower was right below Perlis. If the intelligence was correct, Aleph Stro was commanding the battle at the top of the command tower, from where Perlis would end the entire war in one fell swoop. "Terminal calling [Pure White Fireworks], the artillery array is about to enter a period of weakness, it is recommended to use this period of time to land quickly." "Got it." Without thinking too much, Perlis accelerated her dive and rushed straight to the ground around the command tower. The falling meteors and artillery were moving in the reverse direction, extremely conspicuous, with no intention of hiding anything at all. As Perlis got closer and closer to the ground, the city defense forces began to notice this extremely arrogant red meteor. The city defense commander in the high tower ground defense array looked up at the sky, looking at the meteor that was flying in the opposite direction of all the artillery. "Red meteor..." The commander looked up at Perlis and murmured in a low voice, his face gradually darkening, "Damn... it's the [Blade of Babel]... they actually..." The commander showed fear on his face, and his hand holding the gun began to tremble. After a short decision, he decisively activated the blue factor shield around him, and then he shouted at the confused soldiers in the defense array with all his strength: "Attention, defense array, turn your target to [Blade of Babel], fire!!!" The ground array directed its anti-aircraft artillery towards Perlis, and a series of flames burst out. Weapons originally used to attack flying vehicles actually began to attack a single soldier. What an absurd and ridiculous scene. "Om - hum -" Perlis changed her trajectory deftly in the air, lightly dodging the large-caliber artillery whizzing past. Her face was extremely calm, but her blood-red eyes were fixed on the defense array under the command tower. "Fire...Fire! Concentrate all your firepower on me!" The commander shouted in panic, picked up the rifle in his hand, and fired continuously at the meteors in the sky. “Da da da da da da!!” All the firepower in the defense array was concentrated on Perlis, and dense flames splashed in the air, but the hit rate was surprisingly poor. Occasionally, a few bullets hit the factor shield, but they were easily intercepted by the reliable shield. 200 meters....150 meters...100 meters... While falling rapidly, Perlis's eyes swept across the city defense troops who were on high alert, and then she found the commander who was at the back of the enemy line as quickly as possible. "Everyone, concentrate your firepower!!!" The commander roared and gave orders while manipulating the rifle in his hand to shoot madly at Perlis. He obviously knew what the arrival of the Blade of Babel meant. He obviously knew... 80 meters.....60 meters....40 meters.... Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the ground, Perlis had no intention of slowing down. She slowly raised her left hand, and the bracelet on her hand was spinning at high speed... “【Factor Burst】Charging completed…” Relying on the bracelet to absorb a large amount of [Doom Factor] in the air during the fall, and then using the kinetic energy generated by the high-altitude fall as a means of detonation, this trick... 20 meters....10 meters.... "Get out of the way!!!" The commander yelled and took two steps back, but the red meteor was already hanging above the defense array, and it was too late -
“【Factor Burst】.” Perlis aimed at the array of soldiers of the city defense army, and then rushed towards them without hesitation - “BOOM!!!!!” Factor annihilation burst out the moment Perlis landed on the ground, and the ground array was instantly covered by dazzling red light. The soldiers within the explosion range were almost wiped out in an instant. The strong shock wave set off a violent sandstorm on the ground in front of the command tower, blocking the vision of the commander and soldiers. “…” The commander stared blankly at the dust in front of him. Just now, a red meteor fell straight down and destroyed half of his defense array in the blink of an eye. The factor shield blocked the incoming sandstorm for him, and also allowed the horrific scene that burst out in front of him to be imprinted on his retina without any obstruction. Then, that figure was reflected in his pupils, which had dilated with astonishment. In the endless dust, the white-haired girl cut through the smoke and slowly walked towards the battle line. In her blood-red eyes, the commander saw his own reflection - "Fire!!!" the city defense commander yelled at the top of his lungs, and all the soldiers suddenly came to their senses, raised their rifles and fired wildly. The dense rain of bullets hit Perlis's factor shield and were then deflected one by one. In the hail of bullets, Perlis calmly clenched her fist, and the bracelet suddenly stopped with a "click". The next second, Perlis was ejected with another red light, leaping upwards at an angle, passing through the soldiers' defense array and reaching the commander directly - "call out--" Time slowed down in an instant, and the commander stared blankly at the pretty girl in front of him: her face was still expressionless, and her long pure white hair fluttered in the air like floating white flames. [Pure White Fireworks], that's what they called her. "you..." The butterfly knife with silver patterns on it kept spinning on Perlis's slender white fingertips, like a butterfly spreading its wings and showing off its beautiful wings. The silver tip of the knife gathered blood-red energy and drew a scarlet track. "bass--" A sharp and swift knife cut across the commander's throat in an instant, without even a chance to struggle, his gene shield was shattered, accompanied by splattering blood - “Aaaaaaa…” The standard rifle that was still spewing flames a second ago fell to the ground. The commander was already dead before he fell to the ground. The butterfly knife with factor energy killed him instantly. The overwhelming power of [Blade of Babel]. Perlis turned around, and she was playing with the butterfly knife very casually. The silver butterfly knife was spinning between the girl's fair and slender fingers, making all kinds of fancy movements. While spinning, countless factors of energy were also absorbed into Perlis's butterfly knife, and the red light attached to the silver blade became more and more shining. Then, she slowly walked towards the soldiers who were staring at her in a daze. "Strange...monster..." Looking at the girl strolling in front of them, the soldiers' faces gradually twisted: the power of [Blade of Babel] had obviously exceeded their imagination. At this moment, they could hardly even hold their guns steady. This is no longer a human being, she must not be a human being... In the sight of the soldiers, Perlis threw the butterfly knife into the air, caught it, and neatly grasped the butterfly knife in her hand. The blade, which was flashing a faint red light, emitted a dangerous light in the air, just like the girl's blood-red eyes. "Stop standing there, fire!!!" ...... 1) Battle to Recapture Charon (Part 2)
"Report, the eastern and western iron curtains have fallen, and the southern iron curtain is only 45% intact..." In front of the French window of the command room on the top floor of Charon's command tower, Aleph Stro watched the battle situation in front of him with an anxious look on his face. With the fall of the Iron Wall and the destruction of the air defense facilities, the Academi Federation's air force has begun a large-scale airborne operation. It won't be long before Charon will fall. This move is already a dead end... Aleph has always known that as long as he goes to war with the Academi Federation, he will be doomed to be destroyed. Even though Academi stated in the Academi Declaration many years ago that it would not be the first to use the destructive weapon [The BABEL] in the war, the difference in military strength alone is enough for Academi to wipe out any country on the Academi continent. But no matter what... he still hopes to ignite this fire... Aleph thought sadly that all this should have been overturned long ago, but it seems that no one has woken up from the nightmare many years ago. Aleph still remembers the [Academy War] launched by the World Alliance against Academi many years ago. If that damn Tower of Babel hadn't interfered at that time, the Academi Federation would not exist on the world map today. There wouldn’t be so much suffering. Aleph gazed at the distant horizon. On the horizon, the Tower of Babel located in Zone D of the Academi Federation stood tall and straight into the sky. "We grew up within range of the Tower of Babel..." Aleph murmured the dark nursery rhyme that had spread among the people after the Academy War, then took a deep breath, picked up the intercom and connected to the resistance army's general channel: "Panshi calls everyone to issue the final order now—" Aleph's voice is as solid as a rock, just like his code name: "Stand firm until death." The simple four-word command was filled with all his ambition and determination. Aleph paused for a moment, as if hesitating about something, and then he added: “We will leave the fire.” At this point, Aleph put down the walkie-talkie in his hand, and his golden eyes on his dark skin passed through the flames of war in front of him, staring at the Tower of Babel on the horizon, confronting it. He knew that he had delayed too long, and Akademi would inevitably show force in order to restore its deterrent power, which meant... After all these years, the attack on the Tower of Babel is about to happen again. "Captain, the command tower's ground defense array has lost contact, and the elite team [Bravo] has gone to support it," the informant ran breathlessly to Aleph's upright body. Even in such a critical situation, Aleph did not show any signs of trembling. "Could it be the red meteor just now..." "【Blade of Babel】... I know," Aleph turned around, and something seemed to ignite in his golden eyes. "Get my weapons ready. If it's that bastard Ivar Sekepas, I'll take care of him myself." "Got it." The informant said as he hurriedly ran away, calling out loudly to the logistics team. Aleph pulled out a diary from his waist and gently stroked the worn leather cover. The object that recorded time had been badly damaged by the years, but the name on the title page could not be erased at all: Edward von Valantia. Ever since his old friend died, he has been carrying this diary belonging to his old friend with him to remind himself at all times. Edward, let me end the story you started. Aleph thought so, put the diary back to his waist, slowly moved his joints, and made a series of "creaking" sounds of bones colliding. Then, he walked towards the elevator of the control tower. It's almost time for everything to end. This farce should be over. ...... “Uhhh…ah…” The blood of the last soldier splattered on the wall. Perlis swung the butterfly knife to shake off all the remaining blood. After the short battle, Perlis became the last person standing in front of the command tower. "Pure White Fireworks: Calling for control, the defense array around the command tower has been cleared," Perlis spun the butterfly knife into her sleeve, turned around, and headed towards the door of the command tower, "I'm going into the command tower."
"Control received, wish you good luck." Okay, now if we just work harder, we can end this war and go home to sleep. Thinking this, Perlis slowly walked to the door. She raised her left hand and checked whether the factor shield was functioning normally: the cross-ring bracelet was still moving slowly, and the red stone in the center of the ring was flashing a dazzling red light, which meant that Perlis's body was still protected by the factor shield. After confirming that everything was correct, she took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the control tower. "Boom--" A grenade hit Perlis the moment she opened the door. The smoke caused by the explosion burst out and engulfed the girl's slender body. ......