[Y/N] - Your Name
[M/N] - Middle Name
[L/N] - Last Name
[E/C] - Eye Color
[H/C] - Hair Color
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->[Imperial City of Tiegenhoff]<-

As Tanya and Hofen walk side-to-side, many soldiers from Tiegenhoff tend to the injured. Many soldiers screamed and ran back and forth, treating their hurt comrades the best they could. Either by attending them with nurses or alone, they carried their friends around with the help of stretchers or other people.

Hofen: ["Our job will be to protect HQ and wipe out their survivors"] He calmly explains to the blonde, who pushed away from her thoughts about the [E/C]-eyed boy ["What about you?"]

Tanya: ["We'll use this city as our base"] She began explaining, calmly having the hands behind her back ["And carry out the flying column order that Strategic HQ gave us. They're pretty rough on us"] She said with a small sigh.

Hofen: ["I see. I can understand why given how highly-trained you and L/N looked"] He said while Tanya looked around to familiarize herself with the city.

Tanya: ["I'm honored"] She said, looking at Hofen ["And I'm sure L/N would be too"]

Hofen: ["I'd love to have a drink with you two..."] He starts while Tanya still smugly looks up at him ["But I'll buy one for your men, someday"]

Tanya: ["I'm afraid that my men are heavy drinkers"] She said, stopping in her tracks and closing her eyes with a small smirk, keeping a hand on the side of her body and the other one on her pocket ["They might bankrupt you, I think"] She finishes with a small shrug.

Hofen: ["Hahahaha!"] Hofen loudly laughed, keeping both hands in his waist just like Tanya ["All right, then!"] He replied, getting close to Tanya's face with a wide smirk ["My whole battalion will pay for them! Drink all you like!"] The man laughed, backing away from the blonde before both shook hands.

Tanya: ["I'll be going, then"] She said with a salute.

Soon, Tanya turned around and walked away. Hofen looked at her walking, keeping a hand on his waist with a wide smirk on his face. He was happy to have such allies able to help him and his troops.

Soldier: ["Major!"] A male soldier called, causing Hofen to look at him ["Was that one of the officers that came to save us?"] He asked, stopping near Hofen and looking at Tanya.

Hofen: ["Yeah"] He said, keeping his smirk ["The rumors that Strategic HQ had child officers were true, it seems"] He watches as Tanya walks past the rubble, walking on the HQ's stairs ["That legend of the battlefield was surprisingly true"]

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[Imperial City of Tiegenhoff]
->[Streets - Alleyway]<-

Lucifer: ["Oya, am I not allowed to visit my favorite living?"] They questioned, still having both hands in their pockets.

Y/N: ["Suspicious, most likely"] He said, staring at the being in front of him. Both kept stern glares at each other but soon, they burst out with a small giggle ["I didn't expect to see you around here"] He said, keeping both hands in the pocket of his coat.

Lucifer: ["Well, don't get me wrong. I'd visit more if I could"] The blonde replied, having a smirk on their face ["But it's hard to have time in the schedule when you're... Well"] The Devil flaps his wings, causing a small breeze to shoot past Y/N.

Y/N: ["Yeah, I can understand that"] He smirks ["It's pretty tasking to working for Strategic HQ"] He closes his eye, keeping his smirk ["While I get to brag about that for everyone else, they just won't go easy on us"] He sighs, giggling ["And Tanya still is talking about going to the backlines and take it easy"]

Lucifer: ["Trust me, even I can't understand woman sometimes"] He giggles, also keeping his eyes closed ["But you have other things to worry about"]

[A/N - No offense to women, it's just that we men are stupid as fuck]

The mood dropped hard. Y/N gained a stern glare on his face while looking at The Devil, who opened both of his eyes, looking directly at Y/N's remaining [E/C] eye.

Lucifer: ["I can't tell for sure what it is, but that so-called 'god' is planning something"] They tilts his head, his smirk slowly dropping ["It's going to happen soon, very soon"] They slowly turn around with a smirk ["I advise that you stay aware, and remember, I can't revive you next. I just managed to pull off this time cause the Old Bastard was busy with your girlfriend"] They start walking away, waving a hand over his shoulder ["And congratulations on the relationship"] With that, They left the alleyway, and Y/N blinked a few times.

Suddenly, he ran forward and looked at both sides, not finding a single trace of the blonde being. He wasn't successful in finding a single proof of Lucifer EVER being there. A small sweat ran down his cheek as he chuckled. However, his expression soon fell into seriousness, and he slowly turns around, glaring at the sky, narrowing his eye.

Y/N: ["You're on, old man"] He mutters as a gentle and calm breeze slowly moves his [H/C] below his hat ["If it's war that you want, it's war that you'll have!"] With that and a smirk on his face, along with his [E/C] turning a purplish-[E/C], he walked away.

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[The Same Day]
->[Federation Front Lines]<-

Officer: ["Comrades, the situation is dire!"] The man screamed on the phone. He and many other soldiers ducked inside a trench for cover ["Our main force is barely managing to continue their advance, but the lack of heavy guns is a huge problem!"]

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[Federation Rear Echelon]

Political Officer: ["That's right"] A man with short brown hair in a fringe on the left side said ["The front lines say the situation is 'difficult, but manageable'] He nonchalantly said ["Some heavy guns would be nice if they're available"]

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[Federal Capital]
->[Moscow]<-

Man: ["Comrades, I'm told everything is going 'almost perfectly'!"] A man said. He stood in the same room Josef and the others stood before the attack on Moscow ["Our forces are advancing with overwhelming advantage"] He reads from a paper before sitting down ["There's no need to wait for the arrival of heavy guns. The mission is almost complete"]

Josef: ["Thank you for the good news"] He said, opening his dead eyes.

[A/N - After such a move like the one Tanya pulled, I'd be dead inside too]

Man: ["Comrade Secretary, I also have some other good news"] A man said, getting Josef's attention.

Josef: ["... Speak, Alois"] He said, turning his attention to him.

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[Vice-Director of Strategy and Operations]
->[Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov]<-

[A/N - Usually, it would be Loria who would speak here, but I'm putting this guy since Loria is fucking dead. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm sure Carlo Zen just wanted to make things more interesting, but I just hate pedophiles, so this boy-ho is taking place. I did my best to find a picture that wouldn't be too unrealistic, but also not too lame]

Alois: ["The enemy unit is in Tiegenhoff right now"] He said, keeping his laid back posture and glancing around the room ["That enemy unit"] He said, now glancing at Josef.

Josef: ["'That' enemy unit?"] He questioned, keeping his same stern look.

Alois: ["The ones who fucked up the city, who else could it be?"] He shrugs with a small smirk ["Such a bold move that completely shattered our pride"] He said, causing Josef's eye to twitch ["Such an offense that made us look so pathetic"] Josef's eyes twitch once again while he tightens his fist ["So useless"] Josef grits his teeth ["So..."] Alois' eyes stare directly into Josef's before he mutters ["Weak"]

Josef: ["Say it at once"] He demands, narrowing his eyes ["Where are you going with this?"]

Alois: ["It's simple, sir"] He chuckles, narrowing his eyes ["We have the numbers. The planes birthed by our technology!"] He stands up, knocking his chair back while he looks up, keeping his arms open ["And while I personally do not trust them..."] He slowly puts both hands on the table, leaning forward with a smirk ["We can also send in the multinational volunteers!"] He opens both arms again, also looking up ["We send everything we've got at them. We make them pay!"] He glares at Josef with a wide smirk ["We make them submit!"] He turns to the other side, throwing his arm to the left, causing his whip to crack loudly ["We make them scream!"] He smashes his right hand on the table, gaining a sadistic smirk ["And make them submit!"]

He stands in the same position, painting with a wide smirk. Sweat ran down his face as visions of Y/N and Tanya flashed on his mind. However, his thoughts were mainly on the boy. After a few seconds of him panting and standing still, he turns to Josef.

Alois: ["My beloved Comrade Secretary..."] He began with trembling eyes ["I propose a large-scale assault on Tiegenhoff!"]

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[March 28 - Unified Year 1926]
->[Federation Airfield - Night Time]<-

Soldier: ["We are not done with the resupplying yet?!"] A Federal soldier asked.

Soldier - 2: ["We don't have enough people!"] Another one replied, screaming due to the plane behind them being active ["We can't go any faster!"]

Internal Force Soldier (IFS): ["Real combat, huh?"] One of them nervously asked, sitting below a tent with his partners.

IFS - 2: ["I never thought we'd fight on the same side as the Federation"] One of them replied, clenching his fist ["We can do this"]

William: ["Damn it..."] He questioned, crushing multiple sheets of paper on his hand. Those papers were their order to get ready for tomorrow ["How did this happen?!"]

Mary: ["Lieutenant Colonel Drake..."] She called, causing William to click his tongue in annoyance and close his eyes ["We're fighting the Empire, right? We get to fight too, right?"]

William: ["Only in accordance from home, and as much as they want to allow us"] He replied, keeping his eyes closed, facing away from Mary.

Mary: ["That's part of God's will too, I'm sure"] She said, closing her eyes.

William: ["Right"] He said, obviously not interested in her religious talk ["I hope you don't end up meeting that 'god' of yours sooner than you want to"] He said, glaring at her over his shoulder.

Mary: ["'Do not test the lord'"] She quotes, keeping her eyes closed ["I will simply do my duty"] She replied, saluting before she walks away. And with a tired and annoyed sigh, William turned away.

Isaac: ["That's a wonderful look you have on your face"] He jokes, appearing out of nowhere, causing William's eyes to go wild ["Do you miss the sea so badly?"]

William: ["Yes. I'd love to be kicking back in a pub instead of dealing with annoying kids"] He said, glaring away from the older man.

Isaac: ["You think it's a stupid order?"] He asked, also glaring away from William, before he glances at him ["That's right. The politicians back home must really want to get in the Federation's good graces"]

William: ["And they're sacrificing a unit filled with nothing but rookies in it!"] He angrily argued, looking at his uncle before he turns to look at his team ["Are they insane?!"] William notices the nervous look on all of his men ["Who knows how much we'll have to pay the windows in pensions?!"]

Isaac: ["By the way, is that her?"] He asked, looking at Mary, who talked with Vivi.

William: ["Yes. Warrant Officer Mary Sue"] He said, glaring at the young girl.

Isaac: ["Her father was a brave soldier"] He said with narrowed eyes ["I know you've got no obligation to do this, but please keep an eye on her as much as you can"] He said, putting a hand on William's shoulder, who glanced at him.

With an annoyed grunt, William looked away from his uncle, who walked away from the place, now looking at Mary's trembling eyes while she tightly clenched her gun. He clicks his tongue in annoyance before turning around and going back to getting himself ready.

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[Imperial City Tiegenhoff - Night Time]
->[Major Degurechaff and Captain L/N's room]<-

Viktoriya: ["Major, Captain!] The brown-haired girl called while shaking both of them ["Wake up! Major, Captain!"]

Tanya: ["Hmmm... What is it?"] She asked, turning around and glancing at Viktoriya with a sleepy face. Y/N simply opened his eye while Tanya laid on top of him.

Viktoriya: ["An attack! The Federation is attacking!"] At this, Tanya's and Y/N's eyes went wide. The boy swiftly stood up, tossing his pajamas shirt aside.

Tanya: ["How many?"] She asked, sitting in the bed.

Viktoriya: ["Eight divisions at a minimum!"] She said, now standing straight.

Tanya: ["Eight divisions?!"] She asked, her eyes widening even further.

Y/N: ["What?!"] He exclaimed in surprise while he puts his eyepatch on ["That's at least 80.000 People!"] He said while letting go of the eyepatch, causing it to snap right back into his eye ["Ow fuck! I'm twice as blind now!"] He exclaimed in pain while still rushing to get himself dressed.

Viktoriya: ["That's the initial report from our air fleet"] She calmly said while Y/N tripped in surprise, falling face-first against the ground after hitting a nearby shelf.

Tanya: ["That's four times what we have!"] She said, turning around to look at Viktoriya.

Viktoriya: ["Yes. And that's the most optimistic estimate!"] She said, and Y/N's MG 42fell on top of his head after falling from the top of the shelf he put it on.

Tanya: ["They shouldn't have realized how important Tiegenhoff is yet!"] Tanya said after standing up from her bed and tossing the blankets aside ["But they're abandoning their plans for a bold offensive?"] She questions, passing from side to side before she stops, holding her head ["Commies aren't allowed to be that adaptable!"] She angrily exclaims in her thoughts ["Did they figure out my plan? Or did something leak? Shit! How?!"] Suddenly, Tanya has a flashback of Loria staring at her, and she shudders in disgust for a moment ["W - Well, the enemy is human, too"] She said, looking at Viktoriya ["They can't get their heavy equipment here in time. They'll use their light forces to execute an attack first"]

Y/N: ["At this rate, we might lose our new base"] He said, standing up and rubbing his head ["I'll go get my equipment and wake up the others!"] He said, slinging his MG 42 over his shoulder and rushing off the room ["Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Is this what The Devil told me about?!"] He questions in his thoughts, clenching his teeth.

As the sun rises upon Tiegenhoff, all of the Imperial Mages who could fight are getting themselves ready.

Tanya: ["Comrades, what has our homeland done?"] She asked while Y/N slips his arms inside his coat before he pushes it up, calmly zipping it up to his neck ["The answer is simple. We did nothing"] His [E/C] eye shifts down while he sits on a nearby bench, slipping his leg inside the metal boot of his equipment, closing it around his limb before tightly securing it ["Nothing. But the Federation is attacking us. They want to kill us"] Along with other soldiers, Y/N readies his gun, throwing a belt for the bullets across his chest ["It's impossible for us to be good neighbors. This world isn't fair at all, it seems."] The 203rd March forward, Y/N tightly clenched his gun, narrowing his eye ["If they wish to violate our rights, we must fight!"]

With a stomp of their right feet, the 203rd Soldiers and Company Leaders stood in front of a small wooden platform. On top of it stood Tanya, Y/N, and Viktoriya.

Tanya: ["I love freedom above all else. I will secure freedom. I will protect freedom"] She said, staring at her soldiers while the other two around her kept their arms behind their backs ["And I will defend the freedom to the last! We cannot retreat from this battle! Comrades, this is a battle for freedom!"] She said, throwing her arm to the side ["I won't tolerate the slightest hesitation! We're kicking these commies out of our country!"] Tanya opens her arms, still glaring at her troop ["We will have victory!"] The blonde girl tightly clenches her fists, staring ahead ["Or we will have death! We are the guard of our country's gates!"]

Y/N: ["Soldiers!"] He called, stepping forward. Tanya was slightly surprised to see him talk so suddenly ["Listen here and listen well, because I will only say this once!"] He said, narrowing his eye ["There is only one order that I'm giving you!"] After that, silence reigned for a moment before he spoke again ["Don't die!"] He exclaims, throwing his arms to the side ["If any of you fall here today, I will personally drag you from hell back to Earth just to kill you myself!"] He continues, putting both hands behind his back ["This is an order that even brainless people like the Commies could follow! So I expect you to take this order..."] He lowers his head before throwing it up along with an arm with his fist clenched ["Beyond perfection!"] He raises his right hand, saluting while he continues to loudly speak ["Our joney to victory has begun! Death the Empire enemies!"]

Everyone: ["... Yes, sir!"] They said after a short moment of silence, stomping with their right leg while saluting "[Death the Empire enemies!"]

What no one noticed was a familiar-looking blonde being, standing on top of the HQ. His eight black-colored wings were now gone as he watched everyone from the top. Lucifer giggled, slowly turning around and looking up at the skies, gaining a scowl before he turned around and his eight wings sprout from his back. Tanya turns around, glaring at where Lucifer once was, and the only thing she saw was a black-colored feather slowly falling to the ground.

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[Battle of Tiegenhoff]
->[3 Hours Since the Start of the Battle]<-

Warren: ["W - What the hell is this...?"] He muttered in surprise with widen and shaky eyes.

Matheus: ["I can't believe how many there are...!"] He exclaimed, also in surprise.

On the ground, the Federation soldiers advanced with fearless war cries. Even if their comrades got shot, exploded, or stabbed, they continued rushing without fear through all the explosions. When a Federation soldier reached the enemy trenches, he pounced on an Imperial soldier, bringing his knife down upon him multiple times.

With a shovel, an Imperial Soldier stabbed a Federation enemy inside the trenches. Nearby, two soldiers aimed their guns down on the Imperial men, but when they got ready to pull the trigger, an explosion occurred between the two of them. From far away, the enemy kept firing their artillery shells along with powerful mounted machine guns.

Soldier: ["Don't let them scare you!] An Imperial Soldier said before throwing his hand forward ["Fire! Fire!"]

On cue, one after the other, the artillery from the Empire shot, laying down heavy fire. Inside the trenches, the soldiers fired their rifles and machine-guns, aiding their explosive attacks. Soon, they began rushing, leaving the safety in order to prove their glory. Not only with artillery but also with many tanks, the Federation continued their nonstop onslaught.

Soldier: ["Shit!"] He exclaimed, crouching behind a wall of sandbags for cover ["Can't we do something about those tanks?!"]

As if it was magic, a series of explosions in line occurred right on top of the tanks, causing even bigger blasts. One after the other, the heavy vehicles exploded with no difficulty, and when the soldier stood up, he watched as a single familiar-looking figure flew through the skies.

Soldiers: ["Mages?"] He asked with a happy expression, aiming his gun ["We're safe..."] He said, closing one eye ["Now! Fire! Fire!"] He orders, causing his soldiers to continue their attack ["Don't let out! The enemy's offensive's damaged!!"]

Federation Soldier: ["We outnumber them!"] A brown-wearing soldier said, still shooting from far.

Soldier: ["Shit! They just keep coming!"] One of them screamed ["Where is our air support?!"]

Soldier - 2: ["Stop them no matter what!"] Another one screamed at the same time.

Soldier - 3: ["Shit!"] A soldier screams after taking a bullet on his shoulder ["Where the fuck are they?!"]

Soldier: ["Let's go! Charge!"] He orders, leaving the trenches in order to advance ["Die, devils!"]

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[Battle of Tiegenhoff]
->[Resupply Point A - 18 Hours Since the Start of the Battle]<-

As Tanya and Viktoriya land side-to-side, they look at a few soldiers. Most of them badly damaged, tired, hungry, and thirsty. They watch as a soldier sleep while clenching his gun, nearby a soldier groans in pain, holding his bandaged eye while another comrade treats a fallen man. Viktoriya grabs two grenades while Tanya grabs a new mag.

Tanya: ["Everyone, resupply quickly!"] She said, raising an arm ["Resupply units, move quickly from one company's resupply point to the next! Get the wounded to the medics, now!"] She orders, looking around.

Matheus: ["This is 02!"] He said through the comms, and Tanya glanced at her ear ["Another two enemy divisions approaching from the northeast!" Tanya gasps in surprise ["They should reach our area within minutes!"]

Two flare shots flew through the skies, and once they exploded, lightning everything around them, they revealed even more hordes of soldiers, marching forward with a stern expression.

Wilibald: ["This is 03"] He said, also through the comms ["We can see new reinforcements on Point D as well"] He said, taking a long sip from a canteen after.

Viktoriya: ["This is 04!"] She said, in the comms too ["Enemy armor sighted at point G2!"] She said, watching as many other tanks and soldiers marched forward. At this, Tanya groans and narrows her eyes.

Y/N: ["This day just keeps getting better"] He said, landing at her side. Tanya looked at him.

Y/N sat down on the roof. He took a deep breath before shoving his face onto his arm. Tanya watched in confusion and disgust as she heard the sound of Y/N munching on something. Soon, he pulled his head back, showing his bloodied face. The boy spits to the side, spiting away a bullet that was on his arm. He was quick to bandage his arm, grabbing a new ammo belt from a nearby crate.

Y/N: ["I'm starting to think if you grow communism on fields"] He groans, taking a swing from a water canteen ["Then again, not like they have any fields to grow stuff into, since no one eats there anyways"] He said, wiping the sweat from his head ["Not so deep, short and stingy... I'll live"] He mutters, looking at his wound.

Tanya: ["Anyone who can move follow me!"] She orders, glancing at her soldiers after looking at Y/N ["We'll hit the Commies before they can enter the city!"] She said, and after that, Y/N was quick to join her in flight along with four other people ["Shit! What the hell is going on here?! These goddamn Commies, don't they give a shit about their human resources?!] In her thoughts, Tanya questioned.

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[Point C]
->[27 Hours Since the Start of the Battle]<-

As the Federation began occupying the city, the soldiers marching along with their tanks causes the ground to shake. Three soldiers start mounting a machine gun on a certain point.

Federation Soldier - (FS): ["Hey, aim for the enemy mages!"] One of them orders, using binoculars to look further.

FS - 2: ["Right!"] One of his men replied, still mounting the gun.

However, the Federation Soldiers didn't expect Viktoriya and her company to appear on the skies with their weapons ready and aimed down at them. With a swift pull of their trigger, the Imperial Mages unleashed a barrage of artillery shells on the countless soldiers that occupied the streets. They ran in despair and fear as many blasts continued to occur.

FS: ["Take cover! Take cover!"] However, his words were worthless, as his comrades continued to perish.

On the skies, the Imperial Mages continued to avoid shots from below, making sure to maintain their fire rate whenever they could. Amidst the explosions in the skies, a familiar figure with blonde hair made her presence known.

Tanya: ["Captain L/N!"] She screams, getting his attention ["What are the report from the other companies?!"] She questioned, glancing at him.

Y/N: ["No severe damage, ma'am"] He replied, shooting his newly-acquired MG 42 for a second before he glances at her from the corner of his eye ["But most of the soldiers are exhausted!"] On the other point, Wilibald screamed orders for his soldiers, being obviously tired with dirt and bruises all over his face ["They're running out of magic and ammunition!"] Warren pants after taking a shot. He shakes his head from side to side before going back to battle.

Tanya: ["How many divisions does that make now...?"] She questioned, looking down at the endless hordes of soldiers that kept advancing.

Y/N: ["Ten"] He replied with a long sigh ["At least 100.000 people"] He said, looking down. It was as if the battle just began. The enemy never slowed down and just kept on coming ["We can't hang on for much longer."] He groans, closing his eye for a moment.

Wilibald: ["This is 03!"] He called on the comms, causing Tanya to glance at her ear. Y/N went back to firing his weapon ["They made it past our interception net!"] He informs, causing Tanya to groan in surprise and go wide-eyed ["A battalion of enemy mages! They're heading straight for the city!"] He informs, looking at the enemy mages flying.

Tanya: ["After all this, now there's mages?!"] She asked. In the distance, Y/N screamed in anger and frustration.

Wilibald: ["They're not Federation soldiers!"] He informs, panting between his words ["I think they're the ones we ran into in Moscow!"]

Tanya: ["WHAT?!"] She exclaimed in anger in surprise.

William: ["Get in one good hit, and then run!"] He orders, using the comms to speak with his whole battalion ["You can do this! Show the Empire the power of our will!"] Unlike anyone else in the team, Mary used the ski-like metal-wear her father used.

Tanya: ["They're attacking the city!"] She mutters, putting a hand in front of her mouth ["Are they after the HQ?!"] This caused Y/N's attention to shit to Tanya while he went wide-eyed ["Turn and pursue!"] She orders, now screaming at her comms ["We must stop them-"]

Tiegenhoff Control: ["... To all units!"] His voice rang in the comms after a short static, causing Tanya to go wide-eyed again ["Tiegenhoff Control to all units! Allied observers have picked up multiple incoming air units!"] Y/N simply stops all of his movements, lowering his gun while his eye started trembling ["Fighters and bombers are approaching from the northeast!"]

It's not necessary to say that all the company commanders were shocked and scared, except for Viktoriya, who looked mildly upset, with lifess eyes ["We issued a special alert for the area! All units, be alert! I repeat! All units, be alert!"]

Viktoriya: ["So many air threats..."] She said, looking down with hopeless eyes ["And there are so many enemy infantry soldiers"] She said, glancing at her superiors. Tanya tightly clenched her teeth, growling with shaky eyes.

Matheus: ["Major, your orders?"] He asked, causing Tanya to close her eyes for a moment before she gently and slowly opened them.

Tanya: ["2nd, 3rd, and 4th Companies"] She called, causing all of the Company Leaders to be on guard ["Your job is AA defense. Tell the mixed fighter-bomber formation that we canceled their tour of the city"]

Matheus: ["So we're immigration officers now?"] He questioned with a small chuckle while sweatdropping ["That's a tough job for mages"] He said.

Y/N: ["I trained you well enough to deal with some slow-bitch-ass-motherfucker planes, First Lieutenant Weiss"] He said, stiffing a small chuckle as he slowly reaches up, scratching his neck ["Now go and do it. Keep the pressure up on the surface as much as possible, too!"]

Tanya leans forward, exhaling a bit of air through her nostrils before she gives her orders.

Tanya: ["Company 1, follow me"] She said, slowly turning around ["Shove a lead bullet up the asses of the enemy mage unit!"] She orders, growling a bit through her words. Y/N giggled, slowly glancing at Tanya.

The enemy mage unit flies through the skies in a perfect formation. They didn't stop for anything and continued their flight to the enemy HQ. Between all the silence rang William's voice, giving them his orders.

William: ["You go first!"] He said while his fringe moved with the wind ["Keep your defenses up as you charge!"]

Everyone: ["Right!"] They said at the same time. But suddenly, Mary's magical signatures grew, and she speeds forward, faster than anyone else.

Vivi: ["Wait, Mary!"] She screams, but her words fell on deaf ears.

William: ["Warrant Officer Sue!"] He screams, but Mary also ignored his words ["Stay in your two-man cell!"] He orders, but she also ignored his words.

Mary: ["I'm fine! I can do this!"] She replies, still flying forward.

Hofen: ["The idiot's heading right at us!"] The man screamed, watching Mary approach with his binoculars before throwing his hand forward ["Ready..."] At his sign, a formation of mages aimed their rifles ["Blow her apart!"]

At his words, every mage fired, creating a sizeable smokescreen on the sky with a few blueish-green lights on it. What no one noticed, however, was Mary's eyes shining golden.

Vivi: ["Mary!"] She screamed, concerned for her friend's safety.

A pink energy shield left the smoke, revealing Mary inside of it, completely unharmed. She backflips while moving forward, stopping upside-down on top of the soldiers, aiming her rifle at him. With a series of quick trigger pulls, she released a stream of explosions that engulfed them. From far away, a soldier with yellowish-brown hair chuckled. He flew at William's side while using binoculars.

Soldier: ["She's like a wild boar, huh?"] He comments with a happy smirk on his face. It didn't last long, however.

William turned, seeing the Imperial Mages approaching them. Y/N's MG 42 had its barrel smoking from all the shots he just fired against the enemy. A wide smirk present on his face, satisfied with his three confirmed kills.

Y/N: ["Three kills confirmed!"] He informed, lowering his gun.

Tanya: ["Good!"] She said with a nod ["Time for some duck hunting! Let's do this!"]

William: ["More enemies at our rear!"] He informed in the comms, causing Mary to stop her movement and turn around. Her magical color went from pink to golden ["An enemy mage unit! We'll handle them. The goal is the enemy HQ!"] Seeing the Empire soldiers, an almost-sadistic and wide smirk spread across Mary's face ["Warrant Officer Sue, strike the HQ!"] However, Mary was already rushing towards the enemy mages.

Vivi: ["M - Mary?"] She questioned, watching as Mary did a full 180 turn, going after the enemy.

William: ["What?!"] His eyes went wide, and he growls in annoyance ["What's she doing here?!"] He questions, watching Mary speed against the Empire Company of mages. Still, with her smirk, Mary rushed forward ["You're supposed to attack the HQ!"] He orders while the girls perform a barrel roll up, dodging multiple shots.

Y/N: ["It's her"] He said, standing side-to-side with Tanya. He clicks his tongue in annoyance, closing his eyes.

Tanya and Y/N aimed their guns forward. Both of the weapons began glowing a blueish-green color while they poured their magic into it along with many other soldiers in a formation.

Tanya: ["Fire!"]

She orders, and all the soldiers pull their triggers, releasing a volley of bullets towards Mary, whose speeds grow even greater along with a fearless war cry. She continued forward, tanking two shots with her magical shield before she starts going up, performing a half-loop before spinning three times to the right side, aiming her golden-glowing rifle, and firing.

Y/N: ["What the fu-"] He gasped in surprise, dodging the pink-colored laser from Mary's shot.

The attack went forward, traveling through the city, leaving behind a series of explosions that merged to create another blast, even more, gigantic than any of the other ones. From far away, the Blue-wearing soldiers covered their faces to protect themselves from the shockwave caused by Mary's attack.

Y/N: He coughed due to the smoke, waving his hand around his face ["A fucking optical-type?! WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!"] He growls, narrowing his eyes ["Fucking False God trying to mess with me..."]

Tanya: ["Huh"] She mutters, not as skeptical as Y/N, but pretty interested in what just happened ["So she's only after us, huh?"] She questions, watching Mary's shaky and wide eyes.

Y/N: ["She has such a punchable face.."] He growls, tightly clenching his fist ["When I get my hands in this bitch I'll punch her nose so hard it'll come through the other side of her fucking skull!"] He screams, his eyes starting to glow a purplish color.

Tanya: ["We'll draw her away and kill her"] She said, turning around to face her Company ["I'll take one of you and do it myself. Everyone but L/N keep up the hunt!"] She said before flying away.

In the higher skies, the planes started to open fire with their machine-guns. Weapons ablaze, the Imperial Mages continued to dodge all while they kept firing against the giant metal birds. Matheus continues to fire his rifle before he moves up. Turning around, he continues pulling the trigger to attack the planes that descended upon them.

Warren: ["We can't get any higher!"] The blonde screamed, looking at the bomber planes that were even higher in the skies.

Matheus: ["Shoot down the fighters first!"] He orders, not taking his eyes off the battle.

Needless to say that everything in the skies was in chaos. Explosions and ammunition continued raining upon the Imperial Mages, who did their best to dodge the incoming attacks. Matheus growls, noticing the five bomber planes in a 'V' Formation flying higher in the skies.

Warren: ["The bombers circled around us and are now advancing!"] Matheus heard in his comms before he started flying up ["We'll never make it in time!"]

Four Fighter planes continue to move down. They started opening fire against a single Imperial mage while staying in a position near each other. Their attack connects against an Imperial Mage, who tried to defend himself. However, his shield breaks, and he grunts in pain.

17: ["17 Took damage!"] He said on his comms, keeping an eye closed ["Withdrawing!"]

Another Fighter Plane continues advancing with guns ablaze. However, an artillery spell explodes its right-wing, causing the plane to lose control.

Wilibald: ["First Lieutenant, the 3rd and 4th Company will handle this!"] He screamed, firing his rifle ["We'll pull away the Fighters, you get the Bombers!"]

Matheus: ["But if you try to do this alone-"] He tried to argue after flying to the side, standing upside-down and still firing, hitting a Fighter plane dead-on.

Viktoriya: ["It's better than having the Captain upset with us!"] She argued, with a bright smirk on her face and an eye closed, aiming forward ["Enemy fighters are nothing compare to him, after all!"]

With two consecutive shots, both wings from a Fighter explode, and as another plane tries to hit a group of mages together, they scatter in all directions. They were swift to turn around and open fire against the machine.

Matheus: He watches the other mages fighting, and a bright smirk forms on his face ["2nd Company, prepare to ascend!"] He orders, staring at the Bombers in the sky.

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Back in the City of Tiegenhoff, Tanya and Y/N kept flying side-to-side, doing their bests so they could stay away from Mary's consecutive shots that chased them down.

Mary: ["Stop running!"] She said, aiming forward at them ["You cowards!"] She screams, and Y/N's eyes glow a purplish color again.

Y/N: ["Yeah..."] He mutters before closing his eyes ["Maybe I will!"]

[A/N - I [HIGHLY] recommend you watch Tanya fight Mary in the movie since my mediocre level of writing can't do anything close to that level. Seriously, NUT Studios went Ufotable-level with The Movie's animation]

Y/N was swift to turn around and open fire along with Tanya, firing countless artillery spells against the brown-haired girl, who aimed her rifle forward and shot once again, causing an explosion nearby that was enough to make Y/N lose control of his flight. However, not done yet, he landed on the floor and began running before activating his magic, causing everything around him to slow down for a moment.

Slinging his MG 42 over his shoulder and taking his Colt Dragoon and Reichrevolver, time went back to normal as Y/N turned around and began firing against Mary. His shot connects against her shield. It was enough to make her stagger and lose control, forcing Mary to land while she aimed her rifle and pulled the trigger once more, causing a nearby blast near Tanya that forced her through a building and rolling on the ground.

After that sudden movement, Tanya's grasp loosened on her gun, causing the weapon to fly away from her hands. Y/N was swift to land near Tanya, kicking her submachine-gun back to the blonde girl, who rolled forward and grabbed the gun. Turning around with the [E/C] eyed boy and continuing to fly, dodging yet another shot from Mary.

Both speed ahead, dodging the rubble that fell due to the destruction of the buildings, and from far away, one could only see the smokescreen caused by the mayhem. After they stop, Y/N coughs and waves his hand around and near his face, getting rid of some smoke.

Y/N: ["How many rounds can this bitch fire?!"] He growls, watching Mary from far, who stays on the skies, loudly panting ["She's burning through her magic, and obviously exhausted"]

After panting a bit more, Mary screamed in anger as she loaded her gun once more. As her weapon glows bright pink, Y/N narrows his eyes and growls when Mary pulls the trigger.

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Two Fighter planes flew through the skies, going in separate directions while their comrades continued to lay down fire unto the Imperial Mages. Amidst the bullets and explosions, Matheus continued to fly up with his men.

Matheus: ["Put all your magic into this..."] He orders, narrowing his eyes as his voice grows higher by the second ["Climb as high as you can possibly go!"] Suddenly, all of them shot forward at incredible speeds.

Wilibald: ["Come on..."] He said, flying backward before he starts to move down.

As a Fighter plane followed Wilibald, the brown-haired male looped over the machine at high speeds while thanking his Captain for all the suffering on the training that made him what he is today. Wilibald narrowed his eyes and pulled the trigger with a smirk, blowing the plane to pieces.

With latent and loud determination but an even louder warcry, Viktoriya grabbed the stock of her gun with both hands and rushed forward, the bayonet on her rifle starting to glow while she bolts face-to-face with a Fighter. The moment her blade hit the plane's wing, the machine completely stopped mid-air. Thanking her Captain, who's like a brother to her, for all the strength and hand-to-hand combat training.

Viktoriya's scream grew as loud as her determination and power, as her blade started cutting through solid metal. Halfway through it, the magic-infused bayonet snapped forward, effortlessly cutting off the Fighter's wing and dragging Viktoriya ahead. Behind her, the plane lit up, exploding after what just happened.

Between all of this, Matheus and his company continued to fly each time higher in the skies. Every time a Fighter would try to hit them, it got shot by someone else.

Warren: ["Altitude of eight thousand!"] He screamed with sweat running down his face ["Eight thousand, five hundred!"] The bomber's lower section opens, revealing a bomb inside it ["Nine thousand!"] Inside the plane, a man kept looking down through a pair of binoculars ["Nine thousand, five hundred!"] He screamed each time louder, obviously tired and drained, but he didn't let go, neither did anyone in Matheus' company.

And suddenly, they were in the open skies, higher than the clouds. Everything around them was dead-quiet. Nothing but their breathing made a sound. It was weird, but they had other things to carry about, like the planes ahead of them. Everyone aimed forward, and on top of their guns, an aim-like screen projected itself.

Matheus: ["Piercing spells..."] He orders and their guns started to glow a blueish-green color ["Fire!"]

Their shots pierced the Bombers so straightforwardly that it looked like nothing happened. However, the planes started exploding one after the other, falling from the skies and bursting through the clouds. Warren chuckled with a bright smirk and even shinier eyes.

Warren: ["We did it..."] He shakily muttered while giggling ["We did it!"]

As the one in charge of the Fighters saw the Bombers falling from the skies in flames, he raised his hand and motioned to his comrades. Soon, the Fighters started to scatter and turn around, fleeing from the scene. The mages stopped with a slight shock on their faces but happy that they did it.

Matheus: ["All companies, well done"] He praised while using his comms, panting due to everything they just did ["But our job isn't done here. We're moving to hit the enemies on the surface!"] He orders, keeping his eyes narrowed.

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Back in the city, Tanya continued to avoid Mary's shots that created a line of explosions. Viktoriya flew alone, moving backward while she shot her gun. William flew around him, chasing the girl while he fired his weapon. Viktoriya fired her rifle. William dodged with a short hop to the side, avoiding both attacks and hiding behind a building. He peeked over his cover to shoot Viktoriya, who defended against both shots with a magic shield.

Viktoriya: ["The way this guy moves, he's a named mage for sure"] She mutters with slight surprise.

William: ["She's stronger than I thought"] He said, narrowing his eyes ["She's a Veteran fighter!"]

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Back with the blonde girl and the [H/C] boy, Tanya flew forward while Y/N moved backward and upside down, constantly firing his MG 42 while he screamed.

Y/N: ["Just fucking die already!"] He screamed, continuing to lay down heavy fire on Mary, who yells back, avoiding his shots and moving forward. Clashing their guns.

Mary: ["Die! You killed my father!"] She shrieks, face-to-face with Y/N, who easily held her back.

Y/N: ["Bitch, I have the highest count of confirmed kills on this fucking Battalion!"] He spat back, starting to push her back ["Be more specific about the man I sent to hell!"]

Mary: ["Don't mess with me!"] She screams, still flying while both remained on their clash.

Y/N: ["I never mess around with my work, sweetheart!"] He screams, continuing to push her back ["If you're so excited to join your daddy, won't don't you just let me put a hole through your skull already?!"]

Mary: ["Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"] She yelled, starting to push him back ["I'll kill you, I swear?"]

Y/N: ["Too soon!"] He screams. Glancing over his shoulder, Y/N noticed that both of them quickly approached another building at the end of the road. Y/N glanced back at Mary with a smirk ["Let me shut you up already!"] He yelled, using a magic boost on his arms to break Mary's attack.

Y/N wrapped his legs around her neck, keeping his tighs on her shoulders. He flipped back, tossing Mary over him with a Hurricanrana. The girl crashed into the building, raising a tall smokescreen. About two blocks away, Y/N landed behind a destroyed wall, leaning against it while he sat down, panting with his eyes closed.

Y/N: ["Brining your personal feelings to a battlefield?"] He questions, wiping some sweat from his face ["How can stupid can you be?"] Y/N groans and raises his head to the sky, panting with his eyes still closed ["We're no different, are we?"] He questions, opening his eyes to meet Tanya, who landed in front of him.

Tanya: ["This is work. There's no room for emotions"] She said, raising her gun a bit ["With our free will guided by our rational mind..."] She continues, pausing for a moment before offering a hand to help Y/N up.

Y/N/Tanya: ["We choose to kill her"] They agreed. Y/N's mood did a full 180 as he smirked down at Tanya.

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Mary stood still, looking for any trace of Tanya or Y/N. Suddenly, her eyes went wide at the same time she heard the gunshots nearby. A magic shield covers her body, protecting Mary from shots coming from Y/N and Tanya, who glanced at her before flying away. She clenches her teeth before she speeds against them both.

Y/N and Tanya rolled out of the way, dodging a shot from Mary. After that, they began flying lower to the ground, turning around and firing their guns for a moment. After that, they moved close to the buildings once again, going slightly higher. All while Mary continued to chase right behind them, perfectly mimicking Y/N's and Tanya's movements.

When they went lower again, Mary was quick to follow and open fire. Seeing this, Tanya and Y/N moved out of the way, allowing the shot to hit a building and causing an explosion. The two Imperial Mages shot from the smoke but forced their momentum forward to stop when they saw Mary ahead of them. The three of them, once more, exchanged fire.

The Major and Captain avoided four more consecutive shots from the two girls, flying to the side with a building behind them. Y/N and Tanya continued to try and attack Mary, opening fire against her. Protected by her magical shield, the brown-haired girl missed another shot, which hits far from Tanya or Y/N. Y/N fired his MG 42 once again and avoiding hits.

Tanya soon joins her partner, going around a taller part of the construction, keeping her offensive. Mary growls, shooting a bean so thin, yet so powerful, that it pierced right through the building's tower. On the other side of the place, Tanya and Y/N continued flying, avoiding the attacks that went right through the cement and steel. After that, they started going up when they reached the front of the building.

Opening fire while going up, the two of them continued their attack against Mary, who avoided their shots. However, she stops when she sees one of the building's towers falling after being cut in half. Behind the falling piece of construction, Y/N pushed it with his shoulder, and when the tower reaches the ground, it raised an enormous smokescreen and blew powerful winds. Mary groaned between all the wind that blew her hair and clothes, covering her eyes with her arm.

Tanya: ["God,"] She called, keeping her eyes closed.

Y/N: ["Actus ad aliam summam tibi,"] He also starts. His and Tanya's Elenium-95 began glowing.

Tanya: ["Grant forgiveness to us sinners"] Hearing their voices, Mary turned around.

Y/N: ["Excelsa avis non volat ardea, si uacua uolat altus in alis suis"] Y/N continues, aiming down his gun along with Tanya.

Tanya: ["I pray that you guide them to your presence"] Mary's eyes went wide when she sees the half-blueish-green-half-purple aim right in front of her.

Y/N: ["A mortuo corpore, nec ulciscitur iniurias persecuta est."] He finishes, keeping his eyes narrowed.

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[Translation: No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. A dead body, revenges not injuries"]

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Mary: ["No!"] Was the only thing she could mutter before they fired.

From far away, Viktoriya and William watched the explosion with wide eyes and surprised expressions. Y/N and Tanya coughed due to the smoke all around them. Their eyes go back to the usual blue and [E/C] color while they look down on the destroyed building with unamused faces.

Y/N: ["You go"] He said, glancing at Tanya ["I'll confirm the kill"] He said, and Tanya compiled, as much as she wanted to deny it. She felt like something was wrong ["Don't worry about me."] He said, causing Tanya to snap out of her thoughts.

Tanya: ["I know you can handle yourself quite well in a fight"] She said, taking her rifle and lowering it ["Just make sure to be back, idiot"] She said, turning around before flying away.

Y/N: ["Yeah... She loves me"] He giggles, shaking his head from side to side. With an unamused look, Y/N descended unto the building.

However, his face became one of shock moment a foot stomped on the ground. The boy clicked his tongue in annoyance, watching as a bruised Mary walks through the fire. Both of her eyes bled and shook. Blood also dripped from her mouth as she continued walking forward. Like an animal, she growls with shaky golden-shining eyes. Her gem had a golden color that kept appearing and disappearing.

Y/N: ["Bitch, how dare you still live-"]

Y/N cuts him off when Mary jumps at him faster than he expected, smashing the stock of her gun against him. Y/N raises his hand to block the attack, forming a magical shield around him. He continued to defend against the attack, but Mary kept pressing. Soon, much to Y/N's shock, his shield broke, and the move connects against the side of his body.

Y/N could almost hear and feel his bones cracking. It was almost like his flesh and bones grazed his lungs. Feeling the blood on his throat that quickly went to his mouth and down his lips between his clenched teeth, Mary's attack was enough to send Y/N flying away. He spun midair, losing his magical-core. He managed to regain his balance, falling while standing.

Y/N: ["Fucking hell"] He comments, wiping the blood from his mouth with his arm ["What's with you women and your fucking strength?"] He asks, shaking his head from side to side ["As if the Major wasn't enough..."] The boy said between heavy pants ["Last time I had a drop of water was 27 hours ago. It's been almost 30 hours since I ate or slept"] He comments on his mind, watching as Mary continues glaring at him while growling ["At this point, skill won't matter, she is in a much better state than I am. The best I can do is wait for her to lower her guard. Foolishness, girl, foolishness"] He thought before speaking, opening his arm with a wide smirk ["The Empire is mighty, and might control everything"] His smirk widens as he stares at Mary ["And without strength, you can not protect anything. Let alone yourself"]

Mary screamed and rushed at Y/N, once again, faster than he expected. However, this time he managed to hold the attack from her gun with both hands. Still taking some damage, his [E/C] glowed purple. As everything around him slowed down, Mary watched with confused and wide eyes as Y/N veins also started shining purple. With his left hand, Y/N grabbed her rifle and pulled it out of the way.

And with his right hand, he reeled it back before shoving it as powerful and as deep as he could against Mary's nose. Feeling the warm red-colored liquid on his knuckles, Y/N had a satisfied smirk on his face when he saw Mary flying a few meters away from him due to the power behind his punch. He chuckles, shaking his head from side to side.

Y/N: ["This felt so fucking good"] He comments, shaking his open hand while he began giving short hops while raising his arms to the side of his face ["Come to your daddy!"] He said before rushing forward.

After the attack that shook her head, Mary stood up and barely blocked Y/N's punch with her magic shield. His smirk widens as he reels his other fist back before throwing it forward, hitting the barrier. He continues with this, throwing punches nonstop against Mary's protection. The girl in question clenches her teeth. She knew that her defenses wouldn't last much longer, so she had to do something about it.

The moment Y/N fist landed there once again, the shield broke. Mary took this opportunity to ram his nose with the stock of her gun, and the attack landed. Y/N head shot back due to the sudden force against his face. But Mary wasn't done yet. She reeled her hands back and threw them forward with the back of her weapon connecting against Y/N's chest.

It was enough to take the air out of his lungs and enough to push him back with quite the strength. However, his skills came into play when he managed to grab Mary's arms before he could land against the ground. Pulling his legs back and pushing them against Mary's mid-section before his back made contact with the dusty ground, Y/N flipped the girl over him, throwing her away.

Mary landed after flipping in the air two times, hitting chin-first against a nearby bench. Her mind was racing, and her vision was blurry. However, she kept pushing forward and past her limits. Y/N puts both hands on the ground at the side of his head, pushing himself up. He cleans his bloody nose with the thumb, smirking while he calmly turns around towards Mary, who slowly stands up.

She turns around, facing Y/N. Both she and the boy with [H/C] hair panted heavily. Even if she came to the battle fully restored hours ago, Y/N and Tanya managed to wear her down so effortlessly that Y/N could face her without much trouble, even when so tired. He was about to rush forward when his pain spikes on the ribs due to Mary's first attack. When this happened, Y/N flinched.

Seeing this as an opportunity, Mary rushed forward and once again attacked. With a devastating knee to the belly, she forced Y/N to bend down a bit due to the impact. After that, she hooked his arm under hers, pulling it back and causing Y/N's chest to face to the side while still leaning against her knee, leaving his ribs totally exposed. After that, Mary lifts her other arm, bringing it down on Y/N's ribs.

He screamed in pain but was quick to overcome the feeling. He turned around, and during the movement of his head from front to up, he spat some blood that landed right on Mary's eyes. The girl yelped in confusion and slight pain, which gave Y/N an opening to hit her with a hook right on the chin with his free arm. Mary got pushed away due to Y/N's strength, and when she opened her eyes...

She didn't have enough time to predict Y/N flying at her before delivering an extreme kick against her belly. Mary spat blood, also feeling what Y/N felt. It was like her lungs filled with the blood she just spat, and she could feel all of her ribs cracking and almost shattering due to the increased impact of Y/N wearing such a heavy metal boot. Mary flies away, rolling on the ground.

When she stops, she hits back-first against an old bench, not only shattering the piece of furniture but with no doubt, receiving further damage. Y/N smirked in satisfaction, cleaning some blood from the side of his lips with his knuckles. Mary struggles, finding no more power to stand up so comfortably. She barely managed to stay on her feet after fighting to stand up.

Y/N: ["This is where this shit ends"] Y/N thought with a wide smirk spreading across his lips ["Come on now, girl. Don't tell me it's over already] He said with a short giggle ["Is this seriously it? How do you expect to get vengeance being so pathetic?"] He asked, causing Mary's eyes to widen before they narrow, and she started growling ["I bet your father must be disappointed now. I bet he's even thanking me for his death after seeing how pathetic you are!"] He spat, looking directly at Mary ["Just face it! There's nothing you can do to me! Worthless!"] He screams, his eye starting to go wide ["Useless piece of shit!"] His smirk slowly widens on both sides ["Disgrace to the military!"] Mary clenched her teeth as Y/N kept talking. Each word that he spoke, she got angrier ["Your father must be embarrassed about the piece of shit he used to call a daughter!"] He finished, having a crazy face that only Tanya could match.

With a final scream, Mary snapped. She wouldn't hear Y/N's words anymore. She wanted to pounce at Y/N and beat him to death with her own hands. The brown-haired girl rushed at the boy, raising her fist, ready for an attack. She yelled in nothing but pure hatred, ready to burst through his skull with her hands. She knew it was now that she would kill him and avenge her father.

Or it would be if it wasn't Y/N being faster to draw his Dragoon.

Y/N: ["Fucking bitch"] He comments, watching as Mary struggles to stay up ["I don't have time for your shit"] His mood changed, going from smugness to seriousness in a second. He slowly reaches back with his other arm, getting his Reichsrevolver and aiming it forward ["Tell your father I said hi"]

Y/N pulled his Reichsrevolver's triggers, and the shot went straight through Mary's left shoulder, hitting the statue of an angel on the extreme end of the room, right on its head. With a Dragoon shot through her right shoulder, Mary's blood splattered across the statue's face. Y/N shot both guns at once, sending two bullets through Mary's body.

Y/N pulled the trigger once again, sending a projectile through Mary's chest. He spun his Dragoon around his finger, tilting his body slightly to the side before aiming once again. His gun glowed a greenish-blue color, and he pulled the trigger, sending a bullet through Mary, between the region of her neck and chest. The girl gave two steps back, and the golden glow on her eyes slowly disappeared before she fell back-first against the ground.

Y/N: ["And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man"] Y/N quotes Genesis 2:21, slowly walking towards Mary. He stops, looking down at her body before scoffing and spitting against the angel statue ["What a load of bullshit"] The boy suddenly reeled his leg back, kicking Mary's passed-out body straight into her ribs, forcing her onto her back.

Y/N raised his gun, aiming directly at Mary's head. He simply sighs before his finger started pulling the trigger. However, the moment he was about to shot, one of the church's windows broke, and in flew William. The man shot two standard bullets against Y/N, who moved his head to the side before stepping back. One of them flew past his head, grazing his cheek, and the other landed right in front of his feet.

William took the opening he had created with this, snatching Mary off the ground and flying away. Y/N grunts, watching as the brown-haired man flees from the scene. Suddenly, Tanya descends near him, a few feet away from the boy, who growls in slight pain.

Tanya: ["Y/N, are you okay?"] She asked, slightly raising her voice.

Y/N: ["Yeah"] He comments with a short nod. He glances over his shoulder, seeing Tanya glaring at him ["Yeah, no"] And with that, Y/N fell back-first into the ground.

Tanya's eyes widen when she sees this. The blonde girl has a short flashback to the beach where Y/N died and was brought back by the Devil. Remembering that the being wouldn't be able to do this again, she was quick to put two fingers on his neck, and her eyes soften when she notices that the boy is still alive.

Tanya: ["Idiot..."] She muttered, running her hand forward, gently ruffling Y/N's hair ["You should've killed her"] She comments, sighing after ["But I can't get mad at you, we're all so exhausted, after all"]

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In the skies, William continued to fly with a barely-alive Mary sitting in front of him. He had an arm around her, and his chest touching her face, not because of pity, but so the girl wouldn't fall. Her arm hangs limp as Mary's blood fell from her injures from Y/N's shot.

Mary: ["Sir..."] Mary mutters, barely able to speak a word ["I can still fight. Let me go back"] But she received no response. William continued to fly forward, feeling the breeze through his hair ["Let me go... Please!"] She opens her eyes, looking up at her superior ["Let me kill those demons..."]

William: ["Shut up"] He harshly replied, glancing at the small explosions in the distance, a signal that his men were still fighting ["If you have the strength to speak, use it to apologize. Your personal feelings is what made us lose an already-won mission "]

As brutal as he was, William spoke the truth. After all, if Mary didn't go after Y/N and Tanya, she could've taken down Tiegenhoff's HQ with no trouble and then go after the two. William continued to fly, no muttering another word, or even glancing back at Mary.

Vivi: ["Lieutenant Colonel Drake"] Vivi's voice rang in the comms ["The Federation... The Federation is retreating!"] She reveals.

William: ["What?"] He questioned, raising his face with wide eyes.

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Vivi: ["It's a rout"] She stated, hiding in an alleyway along with two other Mages from her Battalion ["Everywhere, they're in chaos!"] In the streets, all of the countless soldiers from the Federation were running. One of them turned around with his gun raised, only for a shot to pierce his skull.

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William: ["..."] He remained in silence for a moment before grunting and finally speaking to Mary ["It's time to go. Let's get out of here"]

At his words, Mary's eyes widen and begin to water. She slowly whimpers with tears starting to roll down her cheeks. Seeing the chance of ending Y/N and Tanya right there slip through her fingers. She thinks back to Y/N cursing at her, realizing how right he was and that she let him get under her skin.

Mary: ["Why...?"] She muttered, and William paid her no mind ["Why, Daddy...?"] She cried for her father, but obviously, received no answer.

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As the hours passed and the sky darkens, The Federation had fully retreated. The Imperial Soldiers, who managed to get out alive, could finally rest. The ones who weren't so tired helped to take care of them along with officers and nurses.

Soldier: ["We don't have enough stretchers!"] A soldier informed his superior.

Soldier - 2: ["Well done! Move him quickly!"] One of them praised before giving an order ["How many left?"] He questioned, turning around.

Nearby, a soldier laid against one of the sandbags barriers. In front of the cover, two soldiers chatted with each other, leaning against the bags in order to rest. At the side of the sitting soldier was another man, who had his head down. The first Imperial Soldier light a cigar, putting it in his mouth before exhaling the smoke. He glances to the side, seeing the man sitting there.

Soldier: ["Hey"] He called, but the man remains unmoving ["Want a smoke?"]

He asked, but the man didn't move. He simply narrows his eyes before sighing. The man puts the cigar between the lips of the dead soldier before leaning against the sandbags, keeping his arms on his knees while he faces up.

Tanya: ["Being X once told me that he'd throw me and Y/N into 'dire straits'"] Tanya comments on her thoughts, standing in front of a window, seeing the body of countless dead Federation soldiers ["And he was right. A peaceful life seems very far away"] Her gaze lands on the dead soil far from the building she was in, a place full of destroyed tanks and dead bodies ["Even the most veteran soldier gets tired"] On one of the tents, Matheus held his head in pain, keeping his eyes closed ["Even an officer who gets promoted, still might not survive"]

She glances in the distance, seeing Y/N standing in front of Hofen's deceased body among countless lines of countless dead soldiers, with a rifle in his hand. The young boy sighs, saluting the dead officer before he reaches down. Y/N tightly grips Hofen's gun in his hand before leaving it on top of his corpse. Y/N salutes once before lighting a cigar and putting it in his mouth.

Y/N: ["It's a bad day for rain, isn't it?"] Y/N questions, holding his hat in his hand.

Nurse: ["But... It's not raining"] A nearby nurse replied while Y/N puts on his hat.

Y/N: ["Yes. Yes, it is"] Was his simple response before he started to walk away, making sure to step on every Federation soldier corpse on his way.

Tanya: ["I can't even see an end to this battle anymore"] She continues in her thoughts. Back in Moscow, everyone at the conference glanced at Alois, who shrugs with his eyes closed and a smile on his face, causing Josef to clench his cigar in anger ["A war that just keeps growing and growing... If that's the fate that awaits us..."]

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[10 Days After the Battle of Tiegenhoff - April 9th, Unified Year 1926]
->[Imperial Capital Berun - Imperial Strategic HQ]<-

Hans: ["Major, Captain. What is this?"] He asked, raising a stack of papers.

Tanya: ["A request for transfer, sir"] She replied. Tanya still had some bruises and two bandages on her face.

Hans: ["I understand that, but..."] Behind Hans, and near the wall, was Kurt, who, as always, was smoking.

Kurt: ["You want a mission that doesn't take you to the front lines?"] He asked, glancing at the two soldiers ["Is this some kind of joke?"] He turns around, fully facing them.

Y/N: ["No, we're extremely serious"] He said. Y/N had his 'good' eye bandaged, leaving him completely blind. He also had a new scar, one from William's shot that almost hit his face.

Erich: ["Those warmongers want a position in the rear?"] He questions in his thoughts, glancing at both soldiers. He sat on a nearby sofa, standing a bit to the side, between the officers and Hans ["What's wrong here?"]

Kurt: ["Major, Captain"] He called, getting their attention ["Why do you wish to abandon the front lines? To give up your mission? Do you think this is some kind of game?!"]

Y/N: ["Me and my soldiers are heavily exhausted, both physically and mentally"] He said, leaning forward a bit, looking up at the roof ["And to be quite honest..."] Y/N raises his finger, pointing at his bandaged face ["I smacked into the same wall three times before I could find the door, I don't think I can fight like this"]

Erich: ["It's like a child throwing a tantrum"] He continues on his thoughts, glancing between Kurt and Tanya ["I mean, they are kids, but... Don't tell me they're going through their rebellious phase!"]

Hans: ["Major, Captain"] Hans starts, putting the papers down on the table ["I have a high opinion of you two"] He crosses his arms, leaning against the chair.

Y/N/Tanya: ["I'm honored, sir"] They replied at the same time, leaning forward while closing their eyes. Or at least, Tanya did.

Hans: ["So why would an ace like you two ask for a mission in the rear?"] He asked while the two slowly lift their heads ["Tell me what you're really thinking"] Hans opens his eyes, narrowing them at both.

Tanya: ["If you say so, sir"] She said, and Y/N smirked internally ["Right now, we won't be able to win this war"] She revealed, causing the three others to be surprised.

Kurt: ["We can't defeat the Federation, you say?"] He asked, narrowing his eye.

Tanya: ["Correct. As far as me and L/N know"] She said.

Hans un-crosses his arms, leaning forward, keeping an elbow on one of the chair's arms, resting his other arm on the other side, also holding his chin in thought while looking at both.

Hans: ["Your personal opinion will suffice. Speak"]

Y/N: ["At the present time, our forces are eking out meager victories not due to the strength of our organization,"] The boy spoke, keeping his arms crossed ["But due to the contribution of individual soldiers. This war will not be sufficient to conquer the huge territory and vast space of the Federation"] He leans forward a bit, still looking directly at Hans ["Without improvements to the organization, we will not win. In the last battle, we encountered something called a 'Multinational Volunteer Force'"] He rests both hands on his knees, and Hans could almost see Y/N narrowing his eye ["What's concerning is that soldiers from the Unified States were participating in this"]

Hans: ["So you're saying that at some point, the Unified States will join the war?"] He questions, still holding his chin in thought.

Y/N: ["Yes"] With a straightforward answer and a nod, he continues ["But the Empire presently has no plans for the strategic environment that would result if the US joined the war, do they?"] He shrugs, soon crossing his arms again ["I'm unaware of any"]

Kurt: ["You're concerned over nothing, Captain"] The man spoke, taking a few steps forward. He stands behind the sofa that Erich sat, staying near a mirror on the wall ["They are, and have always been, isolationists. You think they'd cross an ocean to involve themselves in the continent's doings?"]

Tanya: ["Of course, ideally, they won't"] This time, the young girl spoke, putting her hands together ["But is a World War without them possible...?"] Tanya remains quiet for a moment before speaking ["The answer is clear. It's not"] At her words, Hans and Kurt remain quiet while Erich simply stutters a grunt.

Hans: ["So you're saying that in order to win this Great War, we need a reevaluation of our entire set of strategic assumptions?"] He asked, causing Tanya to nod.

Tanya: ["You are correct, sir"] She said, putting her hands together once more ["Instead of focusing too much on the victories we've had so far, we must engage in tactical research and training to use our forces as a single whole"] Kurt watches, keeping his arms crossed, and leaning against the mirror ["I believe that's what will give us a chance at victory"]

Hans: ["And you two want to be the ones to lead the research?"] He asked, slightly taken back.

Y/N: ["Yes, we would like to work in the rear"] He said, drawing the attention of Hans ["Finding ways to strengthen our military and properly utilize our forces"] He leans down, taking a medium-sized stack of paper out of a large pile sitting near his bed ["Major Degurechaff and I came up with these specific proposals"]

Y/N said, putting them on the table. The title reads: 'Unit Operations and Mobility in the Great War'

Erich: ["It's so logically laid out, with every possible objection answered..."] He thought, reading through the stack of papers with sweat running down his face ["I never thought that could seem so eerie"]

Kurt: ["Huh"] He chuckles, getting the attention of Hans, who was also reading the papers ["You're taking the situation very lightly"]

Y/N: ["It's important to keep a calm mind, and don't let anything get under your skin, sir"] He said, glancing at Kurt ["That's what the battlefield taught me, at least"]

Kurt: ["But you also seem to have forgotten something"] He said, causing Y/N to lean forward a bit. Kurt tightly clenches his fist ["When you want to fight a war, This is how you do it!"] Suddenly, Kurt smashed his fist against the mirror. Y/N was quick to catch a piece of glass between his fingers that would've hit Tanya's face ["Shock power!"] Kurt continues, showing his bloodied fist ["And the Empire has that power. War isn't about tricks. It's a question of will"]

Y/N: ["How much does your will matter if you can't fight, sir?"] Y/N asked, still glancing at Kurt ["The Empire is just like your fist. Wounded"] Y/N calmly said while Tanya stands up ["Even a fist like yours is good for boxing. But matters the strength if you can't even touch your enemy?"] He narrows his eyes at Kurt. Tanya walks forward, taking a napkin from her pocket ["Sir, what if your opponent has a better technique? A better way of fighting?"]

Y/N hums, leaning against his chair and crossing a leg over the other. Leaning against his left, Y/N kept his elbow on top of the chair's arm, holding his cheek.

Y/N: ["What matters fighting with a pistol if your opponent has a machine-gun?"] Tanya gently puts the napkin against Kurt's hand, also showing the bandages wrapped around her own hands ["What matters fighting if you can't win?"] The room fell silent for a moment before Y/N continues ["What awaits you after the battle?"]

Tanya: ["War is politics"] She said, slowly lowering her hand from Kurt's ["Another means of foreign diplomacy. Thus, if you cannot bring the war to an appropriate conclusion..."] She starts walking away from Kurt ["All that awaits you is a preparatory period for the next war. It may be the beginning of a new foolish mistake"] Tanya opens her arms, looking up at the ceiling. She could almost see all the countless Bomber planes flying over them ["Or perhaps the flames of destruction will envelop everything, and all that will remain is a wasteland"]

It was like everyone in the room could see it. The bright flames that burned everything standing right in front of Tanya and around them. The countless amount of fire that rained from the skies. It brought despair, but yet no one did anything and just listened.

Y/N: ["Even if you conquer the whole world, and become a superpower"] He slowly reaches for his bandages, removing them and allowing them to fall on his lap ["It will only mean that the conflict takes a new form"] He raises his head, showing his [E/C] eye.

Suddenly, it started raining, putting out the fire around the room. But from far, a nuclear-level explosion occurred, and it destroyed everything. Y/N slowly stands up amidst the rubble of a ruined city.

Y/N: ["In this world, even in the midst of your triumph, a single stab from behind may cause you to lose everything"] Crows fly over their heads. Their wings were black like blackness itself. Darker than dark ["War. War never changes. But men do, through the roads they walk"] He slowly reaches forward while multiple of the black crows falls behind him, forming eight black-colored wings on Y/N's back ["It only takes a candle to light the fire of chaos. Stand on the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask them if things like 'honor' or 'shock power' matters"] Y/N looks down, seeing Hofen's body laid on the ground ["Ask them if their 'will' helped them live"] Y/N looks to the darker skies, and suddenly, he is standing between the clouds, high on the air ["Ask them if their bigger power helped them survive"]

He looks down and now sees the deceased body of Anson Sioux holding his trench shotgun. Y/N takes a deep breath. And opening his eyes, he found himself back in the room, sitting at Tanya's side.

Tanya: ["As you said, victory is everything"] She said, opening her eyes. Y/N exhales, also looking up at Hans ["But we must win the war properly. Otherwise, someday history will laugh at you"] She narrows her eyes, glaring at Hans.

Y/N: ["A hero needs not to speak, for when he is gone, the world will speak for him"] Y/N said, closing his eye ["But the history will also speak of a failure, making jokes of it. What matters with war is how you win it"] He finishes, leaning forward with both arms resting against his knees.

The room was silent. No one muttered a word. Hans looked up, keeping his eyes closed as usual while Kurt held his knuckle with the napkin that Tanya put there. Erich stared at both soldiers, being the only one who's looking at them.

Hans: ["I'll give you two months"] He said, still not facing both, and Tanya's face of seriousness became one of curiosity and surprise ["I'll have you two deployed to the west under my authority. What happens after that depends on your results"] He continues, now looking at both ["Get to work immediately examining the combat records, and seeing what new tactics we can learn from them"]

Y/N: ["Does that mean...?"] He slowly raises his eyebrow, also narrowing his eye.

Hans: ["Yeah"] He said after a short pause, and Kurt steps next to him ["The rear echelon mission you wanted"]

Tanya: ["..."] She remained quiet, clenching her fists on her knees ["Understood!"]

Soon, both the blonde girl and the [H/C]-haired boy stood up. They saluted before turning their backs and walking away. The three higher-ranked men watched as they left, and silence reigned in the room until Erich grunts, holding his chest with slight discomfort and pain.

Erich: ["Tanya Von Degurechaff. Y/N M/N L/N..."] He thought with sweat running down his face and eyes shaking ["Warmongers, strategists... And children. Is this the ultimate form of the soldier that our Empire wanted?"] In the front of the Strategic HQ, Tanya and Y/N walked side-to-side, walking down the long fleet of stairs ["Major, Captain, in this insane world of war, what are you two thinking?"]

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[Outskirts of the Imperial City]
->[Unamed Church]<-

Y/N and Tanya slowly made their way inside the church, opening the doors and closing them when they entered. They kept their heads down and hands behind their backs, remaining in silence until...

Tanya exploded into laugher and giggles. She instantly snatched Y/N, and both began dancing together around the church while the blonde girl laughed. Meanwhile, the boy had an equally crazy smile on his face, but just keeping it and not laughing.

Tanya: ["The Rear Echelon deployment I've dreamed of!"] She said, giving a step forward, putting her left feet at the side of Y/N's leg and pulling him down until they were face-to-face ["Peace is finally ours!"]

Y/N: He giggles, gently pulling her up while both continued to dance around ["There is no reason for us to accept the cruel fate that 'god' gave us!"] For a moment, both spun around until they stopped right in front of each other. Their bodies face each other, and they had their arms open, staring up at an angel statue just like the one in Tiegenhoff's church ["I refuse to get on my knees and beg for 'god's' salvation!"]

Tanya: ["Play your cards right, and get the future you want!"] She said, tightly clenching her fist and eyes with a satisfied smirk ["That's the right that only humans have!"]

Y/N: ["This is what makes you human!"] He puts a hand across his chest, facing up with a wide smirk until he points at the angel statue along with Tanya.

Tanya: ["Too bad for you! Being X~..."] She cooed, having a clear tone of disrespect.

Tanya: ["Heh!"]

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[Two Months Later]
->[Imperial Western Garrison - Warfare Research Institute]<-

Sitting on top of a few boxes, standing on an open garden with covered hallways on both sides, and an angel statue on the middle, was Matheus, Warren, Wilibald, and Viktoriya. All of them sat on the boxes around another box, playing cards.

Viktoriya: ["From west to east, and then back to west..."] She comments, throwing two cards.

Matheus: ["But this time, we're safe in the rear"] He comments, taking a good look at his cards ["I'd love to get some rest, but..."]

Wilibald: ["It's hard to feel relaxed"] He finishes for Matheus, scratching the top of his head.

Warren: ["Front line syndrome, they call it"] The blonde said, taking a look at one of his cards.

Viktoriya: ["Really, how did this happen?"] She asked, putting her cards on the box. Everyone took a good look at it before they snapped forward in shock.

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[Imperial Western Garrison - Warfare Research Institute]
->[Lieutenant Colonel Degurechaff and Major L/N's private office]<-

Tanya: ["The right person for the right job. That's how it should be"] She comments, sitting on a chair in front of a table which stood in one of the room's ends ["We're going to do such a good job that no one will complain"] The blonde continue while stretching with her eyes closed ["And spend the rest of our lives doing desk work"] At this, she heard a loud groan. Opening one of her eyes, she glanced at her partner, who laid upside down in one of the sofas.

Y/N: ["..."] For a moment, he said nothing, just watching as Tanya takes a sip from her coffee and shoves a piece of chocolate into her mouth ["I'm bored!"] He said, raising his arms ["I miss fighting. I miss kicking someone in the dick. I miss punching people in the face..."] He lists, slowly slumping on the sofa ["Gah! With this world's technology, I can't even suggest they build a Bismarck yet! Man, I never thought that being promoted to Major would be so boring..."]

Tanya: ["Don't be such a crybaby"] She said, glancing at her partner before taking a long sip from her coffee.

Y/N groaned, covering his face while slumping against the sofa once more. Tanya sighs in pleasure as she puts the cup of coffee down with a small blush. Suddenly, the phone rings, which caught her attention. She snapped out of her thoughts and began to speak.

Tanya: ["Yes, this is Lieutenant Colonel Degurechaff with the Warfare Research Institute"] She spoke on the phone, waiting for her response.

Hans - On the Phone: ["Hello, Lieutenant Colonel"] He said through the phone.

Tanya: ["Sir!"] She suddenly said, which caused Y/N to shift her attention to her. It's not every day that someone with a higher rank than Lieutenant Colonel calls ["We're so grateful for the opportunity you gave us!"]

With that, Y/N deduced it was Hans on the phone, so covers his face again and went back to his silent existential crisis.

Hans - On the Phone: ["I just gave you two abilities the recognition they deserved"] He said while looking at a few papers in his hand.

Tanya: ["You honor us too highly, sir!"] She said, and Y/N simply raises his arms.

Y/N: ["Woooo..."] He said, sounding and looking dead inside. He slides down, hitting his head on the table between the sofas with an audible 'bonk' ["ow"]

Hans - On the Phone: ["Strategic HQ decided to accept all of your suggestions"] He said, causing Tanya to jerk up.

Tanya: ["I'm so happy to know that!"] With a satisfied smirk, she looks up.

Y/N: ["Yay..."] He raises his arm once more, still in the same position.

Hans: ["We need to do practical research to learn how to best utilize our forces"] He said, and Y/N slowly stood up, walking near Tanya and sitting on the table so he could hear what Hans was saying ["And we'll have the proposer carry out that research on the front lines"]

Tanya, who was about to stamp a few papers, suddenly smashed them with the stamp. Y/N's eyes lit up with hope, and a smirk makes its way to his face.

Tanya: ["Eh?"]

Hans - On the Phone: ["Congratulations"] He said, opening his eyes ["We're giving you and L/N an entirely new combined arms unit! Oh, and don't worry. The 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion will still be at its center. We won't take them from you"]

Y/N started to grit the table, staring down at Tanya, who looked into the nothing with the same expression. Y/N's fingernails dig into the wood as his eye light up with a purplish glow.

Hans: ["We'll also be giving you an infantry battalion"]

Hans: ["A mobile armor company"]

Hans: ["An artillery unit"]

Hans: ["As well as the ability to requisition some additional forces to you two"]

Hans: ["This is the Empire's first combined arms unit"] Y/N was started to chuckle. Tanya looked up at him with worry as he throws his head back, exploding into laughter ["Officially, it'll be known as the Strategic HQ's Experimental Combat Arms Unit. But that's a bit mouthful"] He chuckles, narrowing his eyes forward ["So we've given it the code name "Obscurum!"]

Tanya digs her nail into the table, starting to growl as she stares up at Y/N, who smirks while glaring at her with a low chuckle.

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Hans: ["The Obscurum 'Kampfgruppe,' as Captain L/N called it"] And with that, he hung the phone.

Kurt: ["I see"] He said, taking the man's attention to himself ["So that's what you were thinking when you gave them a mission on the rear?"]

Hans: ["I wasn't thinking anything"] He replied, sounding slightly offended before he raised a stack of papers ["L/N's the one who asked for it"] He chuckles while Kurt groans, closing his eyes and leaning against the chair.

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Tanya's hair shadowed her face as spoke with a shaky and low voice.

Tanya: ["HoOoOw...?"] She questions with sweat running down her face ["HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!"] She screams while tightly holding her hair and staring at the ceiling.

Y/N: ["So it seems that they used my own plans against me"] He said, with a shrug ["I will notify the troops"] He said, walking away.

From far away, the blonde-haired male watched with a smirk on his face when Viktoriya puts a Royal Flush on the box. He glanced to the side, noticing Y/N staring at him with a smirk. Lucifer smirked back, and his eight wings spread, and everything went black.

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[Youjo Senki]
->[Saga of Tanya the Evil]<-
[The Movie - The Devil's War Tale]

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https://youtu.be/OgXZn_H_QAI

[A/N - I can't feel my fingers]

[Published in - 12/20/2020]
[Word Count - 14.502]