Gundam SEED: Poetry of Tomorrow

Chapter 217 Everything will end

The beams of light flew all over the sky, forming an airtight net.

All organisms caught in the net are its prey.

There is no roar of explosions in the world in a vacuum, but the gorgeous flowers of death still scare countless soldiers.

Under the staggered beams, warships that launched suicide attacks were shattered into fireballs.

The Earth United Forces, which originally relied on military force to push them not far from Genesis, had a huge gap under the attack of the God's Will Gundam.

An urgent man-to-man offensive and defensive battle continues around the Archangel.

Keen got past the onslaught and climbed onto the Earth warship, destroying the bridge at close range.

The Assault Dagger charged while firing, but was blocked by Xi Gu and turned into ashes in the beam.

Gates, who had just shot down the enemy, was not yet happy. Two more Assault Daggers swarmed from behind and pierced Gates' cockpit with their beam sabers.

Kill and be killed.

At this distance, Yakin Duweiyuyu.

Even the soldiers who have left the earth have been brought into this meat grinder.

trump card? Red? Elite?

In this chaotic battlefield, the so-called trump card has become less dazzling.

Hostile artillery fire will be fired from any corner and any direction on the entire battlefield.

Even the light beam inspired by the most common assault dagger can still kill people.

The Earth Army advanced towards Yakin Duwei and the shining mirror with a desperate heart.

However, enemies continued to appear in front of them, and the front line did not seem to advance much.

Even if Ino piloted the Divine Gundam, he couldn't directly kill through the battlefield. He had to be distracted to avoid the beams of light flying from unknown directions.

Yes, God's will is very strong, and Eno is not afraid of anyone in terms of personal driving ability.

But this battlefield is too big and there are too many people.

Looking around, they are all densely packed with enemy troops, and the red dots on the radar have densely packed into countless red blocks.

"Kill them!"

"Go to hell, natural man!"

"Damn Adjuster!"

"Give me back the blue and pure world——"

The radio channel was filled with murderous roars from both sides.

The assault daggers disappeared in the flames, but soon new ones would fill the holes.

If Keane dies, Gates will be on top. If Gates dies, Xigu will be on top.

At this moment, the soldiers had completely given up the fear of death, and some only had the sole goal of tearing the enemy troops in front into pieces.

Just then - a strange halo appeared in the internal storage box of Genesis.

Ino, who received the laser signal, drove the body out of the ray range.

In an instant, a strong swirl of light shot out, extending through the darkness toward the back.

"That is!"

Natal Bakilulu gasped and lit up.

It's too late!

"Could it be!——guess where the target is?"

Like being driven by some terrible premonition. She yelled at CIC.

But I saw that the crew member's response voice and gestures were shaking violently: "Aim in the direction... it should be the moon - Ptolemaic Crater!"

——It is the moon base of the Union Army...!

The moon was immediately reflected on the screen, and the image quickly enlarged.

After the small flashing light spots scattered, a mushroom-shaped air wave rose up from a crater.

The crew completely forgot to breathe and could only watch the video.

The distance is so far, but the cloud is so clear, so huge, and so quiet.

The fine dust raised by the explosion seemed to never dissipate.

With almost no knowledge, thousands of lives ended under that cloud.

"——The support team is calling!"

On the bridge, which was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, the crew member choked hastily and said:

"——The attack just now caused the loss of half of our fleet!"

"What……?"

Murtagh was also stunned beyond words.

The reinforcements that set off from the moon base and rushed to this area also followed the base and became Genesis's bait.

No more reinforcements——

——Lost...

While trembling all over, Natal Baqilulu felt a vague sense of relief.

At least this shot wasn't fired at the Earth.

The death of our compatriots who were destroyed along with the base is regrettable, but the hundreds of millions of lives on earth are irreplaceable.

Now that it has lost its lunar base, the Earth can no longer continue to attack PLANT.

We did lose...

But it's finally over.

Natal Bakilulu thought with relief.

"Genesis has destroyed its target."

The screen in Yakin Duwe's command room has long been filled with a huge mushroom cloud.

Yuuki pursed her lips tightly and stared at the image without saying a word.

I'm afraid more lives were lost in that crater than in Boyaz Fortress, but this was a sacrifice that had to be made strategically.

Now that the enemy has once again seen the power of this weapon, their march into the universe has been blocked. They have no choice but to retreat, and the war is over.

Yuuki was about to relax his shoulders when an unexpected command came from his ears.

"Hurry up and replace the reflector block!"

Patrick Sara continued to order without moving his brows.

Yuki was stunned for a moment.

——Will it be launched again?

So, next time you want to make a pilgrimage to—?

"The No. 2 component is moved to the abandoned orbit, and the No. 3 unit is on standby..."

After receiving orders from Patrick Sala, Genesis started replacement work again.

That’s right—Yuki couldn’t help but feel amused at his own superficial worries.

The Genesis should of course be kept ready to fire, otherwise it loses its intimidating character.

At least there is still a battle going on at the moment. Although the situation is similar to a mopping up battle, it cannot be said that there is no threat at all.

Before the enemy formally surrenders, our army should still be fully prepared.

Yes, the Speaker should not actually launch it to the earth——

"Father……"

Sitting in the cockpit of the Justice Gundam, Aslan murmured in shock.

The second shot was fired, so easily.

He was even more surprised when he saw the mirror replacement work being carried out.

——PLANT’s victory is already obvious, who else is it going to target?

Humans are creatures that get used to things easily.

How many deaths and injuries the Genesis button and the nuclear bomb button mean will sooner or later be forgotten by the person who pressed the button.

However, the person who pressed the button now was his father.

Aslan suddenly felt very regretful and hated himself for not being able to stop him.

Long before he pressed the launch button—

——I must stop my father...

Even if he risked his life, Aslan secretly made up his mind.

"Without the moon base, the Earth Army has no choice but to retreat - Natal!"

Malu couldn't help but murmur to the Lord's Angel outside the window.

If the Earth Army showed a willingness to withdraw, Genesis would probably not launch again.

However, the chaotic battlefield made her heart tremble.

I thought that the battlefield would be frightened by the beam this time, but there was no sign of stopping.

Not to mention losing the will to fight, even if the Earth Army now has no command system, it is still frantically attacking Genesis spontaneously.

That is the behavior of being devoured by hatred and sanity. Similarly, in the face of the attack of the Earth Alliance, the soldiers in the direction of ZAFT did not retreat at all.

"We must not let it fire again...!"

Lux's voice sounded full of righteousness.

Then I heard Andrew shouting the key sentence: "If it points its finger at the earth, it will be over!"

Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam have equipped the Meteor System and begin their attack on Genesis.

The missiles launched by the Freedom Gundam simultaneously disabled a dozen ZAFT mobile suits.

The Justice Gundam also swung the beam knife at the front of the meteor and cut off the bridge of the battleship.

Cagalli, who was fighting for the first time, was still a little unfamiliar at first, but she was still able to use her beam rifle to fight back against an incoming Xigu, and successfully escaped after hitting the opponent's shoulder.

"It's time to complete my mission."

In the God's Will Gundam, looking at the three-ship alliance approaching Genesis from a distance on the radar, Ino murmured and drove the machine body straight towards the direction of PLANT.

Genesis cannot be retained.

Because if Genesis continues to exist, there will be no so-called war between adjusters and natural people in the future.

In the face of absolute power, even if LOGOS stirs up natural people's resistance to the adjusters, the Earth Union will fall apart.

There will be no war.

At least until Genesis cannot be resolved, adjusters will always have an absolute advantage in negotiating with natural persons.

This is especially true when Speaker Patrick Sala is in office.

"God's will...Ino?"

Aslan and Kira soon discovered the unusual behavior of the Divine Gundam.

However, after seeing that the other party did not intercept in front of Genesis, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Without Ino's presence and interception, destroying Genesis should be much simpler than imagined.

"The Main Angel and other ships have turned around!"

When the report first came into his ears, Malu thought that the Earth Army would finally decide to retreat.

Unexpectedly, the direction the other party was traveling was not like that.

"—Natal?"

The Archangel and its companion ships were seen leaving the space domain where the offensive and defensive battle was raging, but the direction they turned was towards the group of PLANT colonial satellites that were rotating neatly.

"Damn it! Is it PALNT——"

Andrew, who noticed the enemy's intentions earlier, cursed bitterly.

Malu immediately said to the communicator: "Let's go after it! The Eternal and Kusanagi deal with Genesis!"

"it is good!"

Andrew and Chisaka said no more, just watching the Archangel turn and pursue the Archangel.

——At the same time, Kira and his MS comrades also noticed that the warships were turning, and immediately saw Mebius dispatched from the ship.

"—that troop!"

As before, each Mebius is loaded with nuclear bombs.

Seeing that the Earth Army was unable to successfully break through Genesis, perhaps in revenge for the destruction of the lunar base, they planned to attack PLANT in one go.

"That Ino..."

For no reason, Aslan and Kira both thought of the Divine Gundam that left the front line.

Maybe the other party has guessed this?

However, the next scene also confirmed their suspicion.

I saw the God's Will Gundam running straight through the battlefield and catching up with the Earth United Fleet in front.

At this time, Yitzhak's PLANT garrison also captured the whereabouts of the Mebius fleet in the space very close to the headquarters.

"The enemy plane is coming! Disperse!"

Yitzhak ordered his troops to take the lead in charging into the MA formation loaded with nuclear bombs.

The Covenant Gundam and Storm Gundam followed suit.

"Don't miss even one of the artillery fire fired at PLANT!"

Yitzhak shouted passionately, but the two difficult MSs appeared in front of him again.

The Forbidden Gundam's direct beam cannon made the Getz team unable to guard against it, and they were hit one after another and retreated.

Upon seeing this, Nigel quickly drove the machine to intercept.

However, in the face of Nigel's attack, Forbidden Gundam showed outstanding combat capabilities.

The Forbidden Gundams that have experienced countless battlefields are no longer the newcomers who just entered the battlefield.

Diego simply joined in just in time to stop the fight between the two.

Yitzhak also fired beams at the Robbery Gundam repeatedly, but he could hardly catch up with the opponent's maneuverability.

While the two enemy planes were obstructing them, Mebius also began to launch their nuclear bombs one by one.

——Is it really over this time?

Yitzhak was almost desperate and still struggled to get rid of the entanglement of snatching the Gundam.

"Twice, Yitzhak."

At this moment, that annoying sound suddenly came from the cockpit.

When he looked up, he saw Shenyi Gundam rushing back from the front line at some point.

Countless small floating cannons flew out from the opponent's body, and a dense beam network shrouded the missiles in the distance.

On the side of the God's Will Gundam.

Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam also arrived on the battlefield at the same time. Meteor launched dozens of missiles, and Ino's Dragoon beam swept away all the nuclear bombs rushing towards PLANT on the spot.

Then the Divine Will Gundam's trend continued unabated, and it accelerated towards Mobius's queue again.

But within this short period of time, a second wave of nuclear bombs was launched.

But as the three aircraft launched another salvo, the second wave of nuclear bombs was forcibly intercepted before they even set off too far.

"A bunch of trash!"

In the Main Angel, Murtagh looked at the dazzling light that was intercepted and couldn't help but cursed loudly: "How long will you continue to have a stalemate with me! Do you plan to let your soldiers die here? !”

"Archangel is approaching!"

The crew of the Archangel also reported the impending threat at this time.

Bucky Lulu glanced out the window and saw that the Archangel had just fired a reflective beam mine, and its white hull was gradually being enveloped by it.

When he first tried to persuade them to surrender, Ma Liu flatly refused.

Bucky Lulu originally felt that her choice was stupid, and she was also very angry at her tenacity.

Now she feels that this choice has become a matter of course.

From that time on, Malu may have seen this trend that he had not foreseen.

Maybe it's not them who are stupid, but themselves.

Without even thinking about it, I just blindly followed the instructions of my superiors and fought all the way. Now I am even reduced to the situation of being pointed at a gun——

Is this kind of Earth Alliance really just?

"Archangel is approaching, distance is 9000!"

The subordinates reported, casting uneasy looks at the two commanders who were still facing each other.

"——Don't let the Doolittle be attacked! Move the Archangel to the front!"

Murtagh ordered, waving the gun in his hand.

"captain……"

The crew members didn't know whether they should obey Murtagh's order, and they all looked at Bucky Lulu's face.

Although the director loudly asserted his command authority, the crew members were, after all, Bucky Lulu's subordinates and belonged to this orderly command system.

No matter how much he shouted, the soldiers still showed resistance to disobeying their commanders and were not used to obeying his orders.

They still expected orders from Natal, a fact that added to her mental stress.

"Attack! If you don't fire, you guys will get beaten!"

Murtagh's roar brought fear to the faces of the crew.

"hateful……!"

Bucky Lulu compromised, she could not betray the trust of her subordinates——

Sitting back in the captain's seat, Bucky Lulu gave instructions quickly: "Maximum thrust! Turn back 20 degrees! Cut in front of the Dolittle! Launch anti-beam mines!"

The tense atmosphere instantly relaxed, and the crew members seemed to jump to their feet to execute her orders.

——It is indeed coming to an end.

Just after PLANT was breached and all hostile forces were eliminated——

Everything will end.

(End of this chapter)