Red light District.

“Come on, tell me the real reason why you’re taking part in this war.”

The Azalea Princess, Bella was nagging Miko with a whiny voice. They were all inside the warehouse that Edward had prepared for them.

“I want to hear the reason too, Miko.”

Luka added.

“I know that you’re a warmonger but this feels a bit personal.”

“I was thinking the same thing.”

Hina added.

“I already told you the reason. I want to save a girl from herself.”

“You’re purposely leaving out crucial information. We can’t get motivated if we don’t know what we’re fighting for.”

Said Sora.

“That’s right! We’ll strike!”

Ace said.

“Do you know, Momo?”

Momo shook her head at Tessa’s question.

“Not really, but I have an idea.”

“Miko, I think you should explain it to them.”

Tia said.

“Alright…Bloom has multiple personalities.”

“….Huh?”

The initial reaction was confusion.

“You gotta be joking right?”

“I’m not joking.”

“No, it makes sense….I’ve met with Bloom numerous times and I’ve also heard stories about her from before she became queen, but I could never connect the stories with the actual person.”

Momo said.

“Wait a minute! You couldn’t connect? That woman came to my country 6 years ago and slaughtered dozens of our soldiers and left their heads in my father’s bedroom as a warning! How can’t you connect someone like that with the stories you’ve heard?!”

“Calm down, Bella. What Miko said is true.”

“Code Breaker, you knew?!”

“Yeah. I was surprised myself. I met her twice, once 7 years ago and once again 2 years ago. The two times I met her it was like I met two completely different people.”

Miko nodded.

“I learnt this by accident when I was hanging out with her and immediately knew that she was on the verge of self-destructing without her even realizing it.”

“So you sped up the process…Why?”

“That’s…That I’ll keep a secret.”

Miko grinned.

“Either way, my declaration should have pushed her over the edge and brought the merciless Gravity Queen back out. Whether I tell you guys my reasons or not, we’re fucked either way.”

Miko started laughing.

“Hey, hey, hey. Why are you making it sound like we can’t win?”

Ace asked with a nervous tone.

“Because the chance of we winning are extremely low. Even if we do win, we won’t come out of this unscathed unless we all push beyond our limits and evolve. Even then, it still gonna be tough.”

“….No way. Did I make a mistake? Did I bet on the wrong person?”

Bella looked like she was on the brink of despair.

“Don’t be stupid.”

Edward spoke sharply.

“If you bet on the wrong person, doesn’t that mean that I did the same? Look at his face. Despite admitting that the odds are stacked against us his smile has never left his face.”

“That is true….Then does he have a plan?!”

“Nah, he’s just gonna wing it.”

Ace said.

“Huh?”

“Alright, What we’re gonna do next depends on how our opponents react.”

Miko lifted three fingers.

“As it stand there are three ways this can play out. One, we’re attacked by either Bloom or the Pillars; if that happens it’ll be rough but we can manage. Two, we’re attacked by both of them; if that happens we’re fucked. Three, they attack each other before us; that’s the ideal situation we could hope for.”

“Princess, a report.”

At that moment, one of Bella’s entered the room and kneeled in front of her.

“The Silver Crow Fleet has secretly departed the capital.”

Everyone became tense when they heard the report.

“Where are they heading?”

Miko asked with a smile.

“Romix.”

Miko’s eyes lit up and a bright smile appeared on his face.

“Alright! They’re gonna kill each other!”

Bella naturally started celebrating.

“Ace and get ready to move out….Bella, you can come.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Miko grinned at Bella.

“We’re going to crash their party.”

Romix, after Miko’s declaration the soldiers stationed in the city were preparing to attack the Red Light District in an attempt to take it back. That’s when it happened.

“Hm?”

A massive shadow covered a section of the city causing the soldiers to look up. Their eyes widened when they saw a fleet of airships over the city.

“That’s the queen’s-!”

A roaring sound cut off the soldier’s words. They looked and saw cannons aimed at them from above.

“Shit! Ru-!”

*BOOM!*

Powerful lasers were fired from the airships and tore the city apart. Buildings were cut into two and fell on the retreating soldiers and civilians. The laser vaporized whoever they hit and caused countless explosions. The city was instantly set ablaze and the carnage made it look like it was a scene out of hell.

“She attacked us knowing that innocent citizens ran here to escape the war?”

Bastian stood on top of a building watching Bloom’s airships destroy the city.

“She killed soldiers and innocents alike even though they’re her subjects. Or could it be that she no longer see them as her people?”

“Is this really the time to do an analysis? We’re getting wrecked here.”

Natasa walked up to him and said.

“Don’t worry about it. We lost a lot of people but so will she. After this attack, she’ll no longer be the beloved queen of people. She’s just a tyrant who murdered those who opposed her now.”

“Didn’t you know, Bastian?”

Natasa had a huge grin on her face.

“That’s how she’s always been. Since we were kids in the same orphanage, anyone who wasn’t useful to her was better off dead. She’s a wicked woman, just like me.”

“Despite your smile, your body is tensed…Why?”

“Because if she had the guts to do this that means that the one who sits on the throne is a ruthless monster not the soft woman who’s been ruling this country for the last couple years.”

“I don’t understand what you mean but does it make a difference?”

“You have no idea.”

*BOOM!*

A laser fired from behind them and shot one of the airships out of the sky.

“They’re finally retaliating. I’m gonna put them through some hellish training after this for their slow reaction.”

Bastian said as more lasers were fired from the cannons behind him.

“Well, I guess it’s time to get to work.”

Bastian jumped off of the building top and landed on the ground with a bang.

“Lead by example as they say.”

The beast tattoos on his arms started glowing. A roar then came from the bear tattoo as it came alive. He stooped down and jumped into the air with a force rivaling a rocket launching. He clenched his fists when he saw that he was closing in on the fleet.

“Grizzly Cannon!”

He threw a punch and an overwhelming force shot forward and blew through a couple airships causing them to explode. He then used the falling debris as a foothold and jumped from place to place to keep himself afloat for as long as possible before he was able to jump onto one of the airships.

“Yo.”

He blast open the doors and went inside; a few seconds later the airship exploded and he was seen flying out of the explosion.

“The General is on the move! Man any airship that can move and let’s back him up!”

Natasa shouted to the soldiers.

“Ahh!”

The soldiers suddenly became energized as they took the skies using anything that they could find.

“Now then…”

Natasa started scanning the sky with her eyes.

“Where are you? I know that you’re not the type to hide away from battle…Ah!”

She saw a girl with silver hair standing on the nose of one of the airships. The girl was looking directly at Bastian who was destroying aircrafts as he jumped around.

“Bastian, look out!”

Natasa shouted at the top of her lungs. Bastian turned around and glanced at her a second before turning back around after sensing a presence.

“?!”

When he turned around he was looking into Bloom’s blood-colored eyes.

“Bloom Newgate.”

“Don’t call my name so casually, traitor.”

Bastian threw a punch but Bloom avoided it and circled around him with ease.

“Shit! Fighting her in the air is bad!”

He turned around and was immediately greeted by Bloom’s palm.

“You’re just a mere soldier. How dare your eyes stay on the same level as the queen.”

A purple haze appeared around Bloom’s hand.

“Know your place and return to the earth like the worm you are.”

Suddenly Bastian felt an overwhelming force push him towards the ground.

*BOOM!*

His body hit the ground so hard that many people were wondering if someone had dropped a bomb.

“Ugh!”

He laid in a large crater with his four limbs pinned down.

“Dammit! I can’t move!”

It felt like a mountain was pressing down on him. Even when the pain of being crushed assaulted him he could clearly see and hear Bloom, despite her being hundreds of feet in the air.

“You Pillars have gotten too cocky as of late and for that you must be punished.”

A small smirk appeared on her face.

“Become a part of the foundation of this country, literally.”

The crater Bastian was in suddenly became twice as deep. His body was forced further and further into the earth until it was like he was fusing with it. Before Natasa’s eyes Bastian was swallowed up and disappeared into an abyss-like crater. Bloom flicked her wrist and the earth moved and covered the hole and made it seem as if it wasn’t even there in the first place. Satisfaction covered Bloom’s face, but that soon disappeared when she saw the military airships flying towards her.

“So many traitorous vermin gathering in one place….Take care of them will you?”

“As you wish, my queen!”

A black light flew past Bloom and rushed towards the airships. This black light turned into Jin who was wearing silver boots with wing-shaped thrusters on them. He drew a katana from his waist.

“Susanoo Series: Kusanagi!”

Hurricane like winds started gathering around the sword as Jin lifted it overhead.

“Heavenly Storm!”

He swung down the sword and it was like a hurricane was thrown at the fleet of airships. The ships were flung around like leaves and were mercilessly ripped apart with their crew included. When the storm faded, bloodstained scrap metal rained down from the sky and onto the city; causing further destruction.

“I expected no less from my bodyguard.”

Bloom had a proud smirk on her face.

“Hermès Series: Winged Sandals and Susanoo Series: Kusanagi…That bastard actually took out his MYTH gears already.”

A huge grin appeared on Natasa’s face.

“This is bad, really bad. The Gravity Queen and the Black Reaper have both taken center stage.”

Her beastly eyes started trembling, her claws grew out and her fangs looked particularly sharp as a savage aura surrounded her.

“I want to fight them so bad!”

As if sensing her bloodlust, Bloom looked in Natasa direction and smirked.

“Come at me if you can, little ant.”

“!”

Natasa’s pupil contracted and then-

*Bam!*

“Just what I wanted to hear!”

She leaped into the air with the same level of power as Bastian displayed earlier.

“Hold up.”

Jin suddenly blocked her path and pointed his sword at her.

“Did you really think I’ll just allow you to fight her just like that?”

Natasa grinned and then shouted at the top of her lungs.

“You’re up!”

“Hm?”

Jin turned his head and then saw something shot out of a building and flew straight at him. When he saw who it was an excited grin appeared on his face. Jin clenched his sword and went to meet the charge of the person rushing towards him with a glaive in their hands.

“I wanted to see you the most!”

He swung his sword with everything he had.

“Shòuxìng!”

*BAM!*

The sword clashed with the glaive and sent devastating shockwaves throughout the sky. The two were blown into opposite directions with them both crashing through burning buildings that also came crumbling down on them.

*Bam!*

Rubble was blown away as the two charged towards each other with cuts and bruise over their bodies. They ripped off their torn up tops, leaped into the air, simultaneously swinging their weapons again.

*BAM!*

Their weapons clashed again but this time they both stood their ground and glared at each other with savage grins on their faces.

“I just have one thing to say to you, Jin.”

“What a coincidence. I have something to say to you.”

The two leaped back and then charged forward swinging their weapons with everything they got while shouting unison.

“I’ve always hated your guts, so hurry up and just drop dead already, you son of a bitch!”