They're here.

　The pins fall one after another on a map screen that has unfolded in the air. The advanced species will almost certainly be lower- or mid-level species, since it takes a long time to get out of the wards.
　The dominant species will probably take some time to appear as well. I'd like to get rid of this horde before then, but.......

''You're annoying. ''Why don't you just come over here?''

　Else's exasperated voice came through the communicator in Regingrave's cockpit. I can understand the feeling, though.
　I tried to visualize the place of appearance with the 【Long Sense】 that was clad in the 【God's Eye】, but again, I could only see the flight-type mutants, but I couldn't see any other mutants.
　Looking at the map screen, it was probably still moving along the ocean floor.

''It's marching straight to the southwest, isn't it? Does this mean that Yumina-san's idea was correct?''
Yeah. Maybe.

　Hilda was right, it was actually Yumina who had said that before the emergence. Perhaps the mutants that appeared would aim for Isengard........
　As expected, the mutants that appeared began to move in the direction of Isengard. That is, in the direction of the Kingdom of Panacheth.
　We have already received permission from the King of Panachez to fight.
　Our battle should be shown by the Valkyrie film crew we summoned on the giant monitor in Brunhild's conference room.
　The leaders of the surface world, the underworld - the Eastern Land and the Western Continent - are also watching this battle there. Naturally, so is the King of Panachez.
　Forty frame gears lined up on the shores of the Panachez Kingdom.
　All of them are staring at the calm sea, waiting for the enemy.
　Normally I'd be tempted to launch a [Meteosupper], but if I'm not careful, it could cause a tsunami or something. You may be overly concerned about this, but I'll refrain from doing so this time.

''Fuyao-san, let us take care of the mutants in the air first, right?
'Well..... Is that better?

　I look up at Linse's blue Helmvige, which is already in flight form and floating in the air.
　Basically, only my Regingrave and Linse's Helmvige have the ability to fly.
　Previously, Rosetta developed a flying unit for the dedicated aircraft 《Valkyria》, which was used by Yae's Schwertrite and Hilda's Sieglune. However, it turned out to be too much strain on the aircraft and the pilot, so the doctor had developed a new flight unit.......but it didn't seem to be ready for this battle. He was making overgear and stuff like that.
　If they hadn't appeared in a sea like this in the first place, Lean's simultaneous sweeping with Grimgelde, Yumina's sniping with Brünnhilde, and Sakura's isolated wave attack 《Solitary Wave》 with Rosweisse of Sakura would have been sufficient, and there would have been no need to fly.
　The Regingrave is suspended in the air and stopped at the same height as Helmvige.

''In the meantime, let's fight within Brünnhilde's range. Yumina, take cover.
"Leave it to me. I'll make sure it's done.

　That's very reassuring. You've got my back.

　I'm flying through the sky in my Regingrave. The sea seems calm, but in the sky above it, nearly a thousand flying mutant species were coming towards us like a flock of muku birds.

The "Fragarach" flying sword is activated. Form Change [Mode Change] and Dagger [Dagger].

　The twelve wing-like crystal plates on the back of Regingrave changed shape into forty-eight daggers in the blink of an eye, drifting around them like satellites.

''Let's go. [Meteor Sword Group [Gradius]]

　Forty-eight meteors, brilliantly shining in the sunlight, all at once attacked the flying mutant in front of them.
　With the "God's Eye", he discerned the location of the nucleus and pierced it with his star sword without fail. The crystal sword flying through the sky in all directions, leaving behind a brilliant sparkle like a true meteor, dissolving one mutant after another and dropping them into the sea.
　This guy is still a heavy burden. In any case, he is controlling 48 swords at the same time. Even if you use [Axel]'s thought acceleration, it's still tough.
　The guy who occasionally misses a shot is exactly finished off by Linse's Helmvige. They are shooting out crystal bullets with the two machine guns 《Revolver Cannon》 equipped on the left and right wings of the flying form.
　The same is true of Lean's Grimgelde, but our aircraft are basically never out of ammunition. This is because they are directly transferred and loaded from the ammunition warehouse in Babylon.
　As you might expect, if we let other frame gears carry the Revolver Cannon, we won't be able to load them in time, and we'll run out of ammunition, so we don't equip them with it. I'm also afraid of taking on a colleague.
　Occasionally the mutants are dropped by covering fire from Yumina on the beach. It was a one-shot, must-hit, brilliantly shot out of the mutant's core with a single blow.
　How can you know that when you don't even use your "divine eye"? Or is he using the power of his futuristic vision to discern the difference? Or does he use his futuristic vision to assess the future, like, "If you aim here, you'll hit it"?
　With such backup from Yumina and Linze, the flying mutants had reduced their numbers by half.
　Looking at the radar on the console, the mutants on the seafloor have aligned themselves and are heading towards the coast of the Panacheth Kingdom.
　Although they have already passed right underneath us, we decided to continue the battle.
　Once again, I activate [Meteor Sword Group [Gradius], crushing the flight-type mutants into pieces and dissolving them. Before he knew it, the flight-type mutants had been reduced to a quarter of their number.

''Winter Night!　The mutants are starting to land!'

　When I received a transmission from Sue, I pointed my camera toward the shore and saw mutant species of crustaceans like coconut crabs and crayfish emerge from the sea in droves and step onto the beach.
　Crabs and fumigants like mineral organisms, shining a craggy dark gold color, march toward the frame gear.

''I see you finally have a guest. Well then, shall we entertain you?''

　The black fuselage that Leanne (and Paula) ride in, Grimgelde's arm, chest, waist, and leg armor deploys one after another, revealing the Gatling cannon and crystal missiles that are planted inside.

'Blow it up!'

　A rain of crystal bullets, or rather a storm, struck the mutants that had landed. With thousands of attacks per second, none of them were able to retain their original form.

''Do it. Well then, strawberries too!''

　The Ortlinde Overlord of Soo lands a right hand. 'Wait a minute, that's.

'Cannon knuckle spiral!

　A fast spinning rocket punch dives into the crowd of mutants and reaps them down. As it was, it stabbed into the surface of the sea, and instead of a big wave splash, it was a sand splash (?). I let it dance all over the area until it was all over the place.
　The right arm of Ortlinde's right hand flew out of the sea with a column of water, pushing through the sand on the sea floor. Too much force.
　Originally, Su's plane wasn't suited for this kind of low- and mid-grade species sweeping.

''Alright, then, so do we.''
"Yes,
Let's go!

　Yae's Schwertrite, Hilda's Sieglune, and Else's Gerhilde begin their assault on the mutants running on the beach. In response, the frame gears of each country also took their weapons in hand and began to run to the edge of the waves.
　An amplified singing magic is released from Rossweisse, which Sakura rides, as she chases after it.
　
　
　The song was arranged by one of the band members from his song, who passed away at the age of 45 due to illness. Of course, there is also his original version.
　The song's straightforward lyrics and strong voice, "For loving you, I was born", will shake your soul.
　Sakura's voice, which is usually crystal clear, resonates as powerfully as the vocalist of the song.
　Its singing voice activates the etheric liquid inside each frame gear, temporarily boosting its basic performance.

''Knights of the Duchy of Brunhild, assault!
"Royal Knights of Belfast, follow me.
"Don't be late!　'Show them the strength of the Regulus Empire!

　As the cherry blossom song pushes us, each knightly order begins to battle with a mutant species.
　Iron and gold fly over the waves. They kick out the lower-grade species and surround the intermediate species with a few planes.
　The nuclear-shattered mutant species dissolve into mush, sending up black smoke.
　After all this time, won't this pollute the ocean? Isn't this environmental destruction.... I feared it would be like an accidental heavy oil leak from a tanker, but the sea was not polluted. It seems to be okay.

"Oh?

　Two aircraft and beasts rushed through the mutant species swarming on the sandy beach as if they were competing with each other.
　The shockwave created by their aircraft sent the mutants around them flying away one by one, unable to get close. The knights around them stabbed the rolling mutants with their tops.
　At first glance it looks like a partnership, but it's just runaway, right, that one.

''Hey, you two overgeared. Just don't do anything that might bump into your allies, okay?
"Hey, hey, there's no way I'd make that mistake. I'll take care of it.
"You'll get hurt when you get carried away. That's your specialty.
What the hell?

　They stopped on the sandy beach and started arguing, and I looked up to heaven. But then the Goddess of Salvation appeared.

''Nia......... You're always telling me to think about the situation and act accordingly, right?''
"Est... Oh, shit... Oh, shit... How does it fit in here?

　The deputy leader of the righteous bandit "Red Cat", Est-san, appeared behind Nia riding the Red Knight "Red Links".

I'm not allowing everyone from the Red Cat to participate this time, but Est-san has joined our order. I don't want you to move around on your own, you know.
"Hidden!
What's awful? I left him alone for a while to see if he could handle it, and he ended up in this mess. I guess I'll just have to hold the reins after all.

　Est-san's Red Knight 《Red Links》 straddles Nia's Tigardge as if straddling a horse with a flutter. Eh, is that what you mean by holding the reins?

'Here we go. Hi yo, Nia!
I'm a horse...
"Horses are still prettier. You better get your work done. I'll skip your dinner.
"d*mn it!

　The Tigalouge carrying the Red Lynx, the Red Knight, starts running on the edge of the waves. It's pretty impressive. As is to be expected, they have been working together for many years.
　Although the battle is flowing into a mixed battle, this side seems to be advancing with an advantage. Yumina's Brünnhilde and Lou's Valtraute are properly supporting the knights of an unfamiliar country.
　In the midst of the battle, a communication came in from Ende's Dragon Knight "Dragoon" who was at the front line.

''Winter night, the higher species are coming. I'm sure you'll be able to find out if there are three of them from what Mel and the others on the beach have sensed.
Wha...!

　Three?
　I've seen more than one of them show up before. That time it was a peacock and a nautilus. I think it was the first time a mutant had attached itself to a higher-ranking Blaze species, and the first higher-ranking species had turned into a mutant.
　And this time, three of them mutated from the start.......and the dominant species is coming up after that, right?

''Fuyao-san!　The sea...!

　When I turned my gaze to the front in response to Yumina's voice, I saw the sea near the beach swirling around like a grinding bowl. Not the place where the lower class species appear, but here...
　The whirlpool gets bigger. It's like an antigogo.
　Eventually, there's a crack in the space at its center!　And then there was a crack.
　Go on, crack!　Crack!　And on either side, a total of three cracks appeared, and space shattered like glass. The whirlpool disappeared and it appeared on the fluttering sea.

''There you are........!

　It fell into the sea with a heaving column of water and stood up on its hind legs menacingly, one eye resembling a stag beetle. Its size was small for an advanced species.
　Still, though, its height was as tall as a dozen-story building. If it was caught between those golden jaws, it would be cut in half, even with its frame gear.
　The next thing that appeared was a star-shaped something. Was that........a starfish........?　It was floating in the sea and spinning slowly.
　This one was a normal size for a high class species and must have been over 100 meters long. I think this is about the size of a baseball field.
　And finally, the one that broke through the space and emerged was - a dragon.
　It was a two-headed dragon.
　It is not a dragon of the East. It's a western dragon. But it has no wings.
　From the top of the head to the tip of the tail, it is covered with jagged projections, and something like angular horns grow on its chest as well.
　It's not even half the size. It was nearly one and a half times larger than the starfish I mentioned earlier. Without a doubt, this is the largest class of advanced species we've seen so far.
　The two-headed dragon mutant landed in the water with its thick, clawed quadrupeds and made a huge splash.
　It was only at this time that I spotted someone standing above each of the two-headed dragons.
　Two dominant species with dark gold-colored crystalline parts of their bodies. Their faces are very similar, but they have a male and female body. They were not very tall. They look more like a boy and a girl than a man and a woman.
　Two dominant species that are very similar. Could it be.........

''Fuyu Yoru.......you remember your promise.......''

　Ende's voice leaks out from the communicator.

'Then I knew that dominant species was...'
'Yeah. Yeah, it's Leto and Rutto. The ones that got me and Ney drunk.

　When I looked above the twin-headed dragon's head again, the twin's dominant species was clearly looking at me and smiling.

'You have a full audience, Lut. What shall we do?
Well, we'll have to say hello in a big way.

　The two-headed dragon sank its four legs, and the heads that extended from its two necks were pointed at the shore. Grains of light gathered in the two gaping mouths, and the two-headed dragon's entire body began to bee and spark. ''Oh no!
　In the next moment, with a dazzling flash of light, extremely thick charged particle cannon mods were released at once from the two mouths of the twin-headed dragon.