No! Run, everyone!
A giant weapon modeled after an ancient demon beast called a drake.
I'm surprised Zaloudek was making such a thing.
I found you, demon.
With the power of this Vyver, we will avenge the prince!
This is what they call an emergency!
This is when we have to put our best effort forth.
That was shocking.
What?!
Chapter 12:
A new enemy weapon?
Captain D, look!
I came here to wipe out some weak infantry,
and instead I get to see you, Red Twinswords?
Of all the people, it had to be you...
the sword freak!
Don't panic!
Stay calm and move!
Addy, leave this to us.
The Silhouette Gears are more maneuverable.
Thank you!
Ernie...
Ankyurosa, AA defenses!
Defensive lightning?
And..
What?!
Embedding Silhouette Knights into a battleship is a violation of the robot code!
It goes against my sense of aesthetics!
I'll take you down with the second law of destroying huge weapons!
You think you'll get close?
Not happening!
I see.
It's maneuverable and can attack at close range.
So you modeled it after the ancient drake for a reason, huh?
Damn you, demon!
I'll avenge the prince,
and remove the greatest threat to Zaloudek!
I see! A powerful foe!
But that's what makes you worth defeating!
Don't let a single enemy escape!
Charges are our specialty, not yours!
So it's a confused melee?
Hey, shouldn't you be paying attention?
This is a deadly fight, right?
Concentrate!
I'm not done yet!
I've got plenty of swords!
I think you should take better care of your things!
I'll go pick them up once I defeat you!
Don't worry.
How about this?
Kamasa!
He dodged?
I see.
So this is the power of the Ether Supplier that Ernesti was talking about, huh?
Twinswords, we're just getting started!
Cease struggling, demon!
I finally caught up!
Misshire Javelin, fire!
The knight's flying spears?
Ankyurosa, shoot them down!
Damage to lower port side!
Ankyurosa 4 and 6, damage report!
The Demon!
What?
You're wide open!
Rough Fist!
Wh-What the?!
I caught you!
Everyone, strap in.
We're spinning the ship!
This isn't good!
Destroy the demon!
I see.
Truly a powerful weapon...
But...
It's such a shame that I can't see my Vyver up close.
Ernesti Echevalier,
how will you fight it?
Red Twinswords, you really wound me up.
But that's enough. Down you go!
Go down?
That's not funny at all.
I'm not who I was!
Lightning Flail!
What?
That was shocking.
Tests of strength aren't my style!
Not yet!
Give it up!
Down you go!
The Ether Reactor went down?
Is it that? When you use the Ether Reactor too much...
The reactor suddenly deteriorates and shuts down.
Ernesti was right.
It was a one in a million bet, but...
The goddess of victory chose me.
Damn it!
But the Guairlinde was also badly damaged.
How goes the battle?
Is my company okay?
Ernesti?
Ankyurosa 2 has run out of mana!
That's three out of thirteen Ankyurosas down.
The Vyver's mana pool is huge, but we're still running out.
Is the demon's mana limitless?
I suppose it's about time for you to use them, isn't it, Doloteo?
Use the special shells!
A smokescreen won't save you!
That smoke contains metal fragments, saltpeter, and sulfur powder.
The Magius... Jet Thruster, was it?
What will happen if it sucks that stuff in?
It may not be destroyed,
but if the Emblem Graph inside is damaged,
the demon will lose its wings.
This is what they call an emergency!
Ernie!
Now, it's the time to avenge the prince!
Initiate flame!
I won't let you beat me!
The demon just fired a blast of its own?
But...
More, huh?
Ernesti...
Ernie!
Curse that demon! We still can't destroy it?
The mana pool has fallen below safe values!
If it goes down any further, we won't be able to stay in the air!
A purple shell?
The withdrawal signal?
It's time to go, boss.
Mission complete!
They let us go?
No, their mana pool probably ran out.
I can't believe they managed to disable the Magius Jet Thruster like that.
But next time, that won't happen!
The Order of the Silver Phoenix is retreating?
The battle between Ernesti and the drake battleship ended in a tie.
But the shock to the Kuschperchans was great.
It was the first failure by the thus-far undefeated Order of the Silver Phoenix.
You got too crazy with it.
The frame's a mess.
We'll have to send it back home to get repaired.
What will you do?
Switch to another one?
Oratio Gojass...
Born to a family that researches ancient techniques,
he fled, taking the Pure Ether Operation Theory with him.
Lord Gojass!
Oh, my.
What brings you here?
First, congratulations on the, uh... success?
Of the counterattack.
Was that sarcasm?
How is it a success if we failed to avenge the prince?
What are you doing?
Just what it looks like.
I'm setting up something new for the Vyver.
The kingdom's greatest engineer, doing it himself?
It's faster to do it myself than let my men do it.
Is this...
An Ether Reactor?
I didn't know they could get so big.
I call it the Blood Grail.
It's an Ether Reactor for high-density ether.
Or a prototype, rather.
Even thirteen reactors linked together couldn't take out the demon.
And we can win with this?
Turn it on, and you'll have power that far exceeds the demon's.
That's the plan.
But the great power is also a double-edged sword.
Once it starts to go out of control,
nobody can stop it...
Well, perhaps.
What will you do?
Say "never mind"?
I already put it in, though!
I don't care.
If it will help me defeat the demon, then I will master it.
That's what I wanted to hear, Doloteo.
Oh, right.
I'm coming along for the next battle.
What?
Just as knights speak with their swords,
engineers speak with their engineering.
I can't wait to see what kind of conversation we have.
Supplies have arrived from home.
Your behavior aside,
it's a loss to my army not to use a knight like you.
I'm honored.
But I lost my Swordman.
I know.
What's this?
The royal family's Silhouette Knight,
the Alkeloryx.
It's the best we have.
Brother Carlitos sent it from home.
But it will do no good in my hands.
Use it as you will.
Seriously?
Thank you so much!
With my swords,
I'll cut, slice, and dice the enemy!
So the first fortress fell, huh?
The third fortress, as well.
Zaloudek's recovered its momentum.
Was this drake that hard to handle?
Yes.
It's not a Levitate Ship or Silhouette Knight.
We should consider it a new category of weapon.
Can you defeat it?
It was a tie last time,
but they're likely to strengthen their weapons next time.
I equipped the Magius Jet Thruster with a protective filter, too.
That won't work a second time.
But if you're asking me if I'm sure I can win,
my honest answer is that I doubt it.
You're not usually like this, Ernie.
What will Zaloudek do?
Their basic tactic will be an assault from the air using the drake and their airships.
The only ones who can fight this, I'm afraid,
are my Ikaruga and the Order of the Silver Phoenix.
Then we form a unit around the Ikaruga and counterattack?
There's a chance the drake won't show.
And then the enemy swarms our undefended homeland.
So if our base goes down, we lose?
Then we can strengthen our defenses.
Won't that just cause the enemy to attack en masse?
There's a report that reinforcements have arrived from the enemy homeland.
I'd like to avoid a mass battle.
We don't have the numbers for it.
So is there any way to strengthen our defenses and take out the drake...
Idiot.
Ouch!
The whole point of this meeting is that we don't have a way to do that.
I see.
So offense doesn't work and neither does defense, huh?
Everyone,
what is there to be afraid of?
If the enemy wishes to avoid a confrontation with Ernesti,
then we can just attack Delvancul.
But then...
You'll be left at home and in danger!
If you fear for my safety,
then I will go, too.
I will take my full army with the Order of the Silver Phoenix.
So we attack with all forces...
I didn't think of that!
I've made my decision.
Before we lose the lives of any more knights, no, people,
we will take back our capital, Delvancul.
Knights of Kuschpercha,
we have encountered many trials so far.
We've lost our country at the hands of cowardly invaders,
lost the ones we cared for,
and we are still in danger.
But with the help of our friends, we can rise up again.
We must not let that night of tragedies ever happen again.
Now is the time to retake our homeland and be at peace again!
In the name of the queen, Eleonora Miranda Kuschpercha, I order you!
All forces, advance!
Remove the invaders, and retake our capital!
Victory will be ours!
Victory!
Well done, Eleonora.
Do you really think so?
Yes, you're doing a great job as queen.
Stop it, Isadola.
When you get all formal like that...
Things can't be like they were before.
You're the queen now.
Ernesti...
What is it, Your Majesty?
As Queen of Kuschpercha,
it saddens me that we must entrust you, our guests,
with the fate of the country.
My goal is to take out the enemy's flying unit.
How about we just say that our interests align?
That's right.
Don't spoil him.
You don't know what he'll say to you later.
That wasn't very nice, Your Highness.
It's true, though!
The Kuschperchan army moved fast.
The goal of their operation was to take down the drake battleship
and retake the old capital of Delvancul.
Their momentum restored, they reached the last fortress blocking them from Delvancul,
Shilda Neryaku Fortress.
There they encountered Zaloudek's army.
The enemy airships are here!
Misshire Javelins, fire!
The queen's camp is behind us!
Don't let a single enemy through!
Prove that the 1st Company is the Silver Phoenix's strongest shield!
Knights, fight hard!
When those drawbridges come down, we've won!
Delvancul is right in front of us!
I'm honored to be able to go on a mission with you, Captain Cunitz.
I know my way around a Silhouette Gear.
The success of this operation will decide the course of the battle.
Right!
We'll open a path for our armies!
The resistance is greater than expected.
But once this fortress is down...
Your Majesty, look!
The drake!
So that's it...
How foolish of the queen herself to appear!
Burn her to cinders before the demon arrives!
Oh, my!
First... it seems the demon is here.
And that's...
What is that?
I see.
So he plagiarized my Levitate Ship?
We managed to modify it into the Jilbaveil in time, huh?
It's time for us dwarves to show what we can do!
I want to run away.
What are you talking about, Batson?
This is when we have to put our best effort forth.
I can't stop shaking with excitement.
Let's do this!
Or so you say,
but we're the engines, so we can't move.
What's important is how you feel!
I expected the battleship ever since I saw the airships.
But if that thing is allowed to exist,
this world's weapons development will trend toward larger weapons,
and eventually toward battleships and cannons.
If that happens, the robots that are my soul, would will cease to be the center of this world.
And so, I'm sorry,
but in this battle today, I'm going to totally destroy that possibility!
Ernesti Echevalier...
My Vyver and your demon...
Whose technology is better?
Let's find out, Oratio Gojass.
Now, let the fun begin!
Final Episode: "Heaven & Earth!"
Final Chapter:
Farewell is calling me!