Summoning the Greater Axis Pact
Pact 3: Saderan Alliance Part 3
Novus Imperium Sardegna
4 Hours after the Contact
A woman in an Italian regal uniform stepped out of her vehicle as she breathed the air. "Ah, it was never this fresh in Italia. Ne, Alfonso?"
"True, milady. Truer words could not have been said." Her butler spoke, the woman had her hair colored in brownish red with eyes of golden brown eyes, her hair had been tied into twin tails as she stretched her bust out.
"Ahh, so this is what it feels to be an Imperatrice huh?"
"Yes, milady."
"How long has it been since the Imperial Family hadn't rule a land after fascism?"
"Hmm, seventy years at best milady."
"That long huh…" The woman looked a bit disappointed. "Well, I'm given a task to stabilize. I'll be the next Victoria before they know it!"
"A good goal milady."
"Thank you, now onwards, Alfonso! We shall get to our quarters!"
"Right away milady."
Great Saderan Empire, Imperial Capital Sadera
"Sire, we have lost more of our territories to the otherworlders, no doubt would they send out their troops to march into Sadera and pillage the city to the ground."
"Hmm...troublesome." The Emperor, Augustus Molt spoke calmly as he sat on his throne. "What of the vassals?"
"We have incorporated 46 Kingdoms into our territory, including 26 Grand Duchies, 4 Duchies and 9 Free Cities."
"Troublesome...what says about the Empires, Gallia, Germania, Tristain and Albion?"
"...They are still talking about the matter."
"Hmmm...and of the Kingdom of Melromarc?"
"They are currently dealing with their own problems with Siltvelt. Apparently the King had been taken out of the question, they are now in the state of a ceasefire."
"...I see...that's...pitiful."
"Indeed, it is." Having gotten results of protests that they should sue for peace after the decimation of the military forces sent, the Empire continued its rule. Peace was out of the question.
"Pardon, your Majesty, but if I may add, what are the chances of peace with the otherworlders?"
"Nil. None. Nothing." The Marquis simply frowned at his Emperor. "Marquis Casel El Tiberius, do you think our prideful Empire can negotiate peace with these simple barbarians?"
"Your Majesty, with all due respect that I have to you, I say that these are no simple barbarians, they have easily decimated a fourth of the Empire's military in a whim, if anything we should sue for peace if can be done."
"You have gone out of the line yet again, Tiberius."
"...So I have, but my concern for the sake of the Empire has not, the Empire had stood for a long time, against an enemy like this, I am unsure if we can continue this war with how we act."
"...Godasen, have you probed the minds of the prisoners?"
"I have, sire." Godasen, a General of the Saderan Empire spoke. "From what I have the mages probed, one world is at war and had finally finished it when he attacked."
"So we have a weakened enemy then, excellent."
"Next is one where the Alliance is at war with another nation, we have quite much stumbled upon them suddenly making them lose focus on said war."
"Hmm, and the last?"
"...They were at peace when we invaded them, I believe the Gate of Alnus is the one we should be most wary off."
"Excellent observation. Marquis Tiberius. Do I need to prove that even against the odds, these are their last stand, once we organized an attack, those worlds will be ours for the taking."
"...Then...in my speculations, with honesty and loyalty, it shall be a bloodbath." The Marquis soon left as he soon stumbled onto a person. "Sorry, Princess Pina."
"It is of no concern, Marquis Tiberius." A red haired, red eyed lady turned to the Emperor.
"Pina, my dear daughter. What brought you here?" The Emperor questioned as the Princess began to march forth.
"Father, is it true that we have engaged against three enemies beyond the Gate?"
"It is true, my daughter, pray tell, what do you wish from me? It is not times like this that you come into my chambers and interrupt a meeting."
"Father, I had longed my days where me and my Order can finally prove our worth to the Empire. I wish to go forth against the enemies! I wish to contribute to the war that is now!"
"...Very well then, bring along your Rose Order of Knights and do some bidding that I had in mind."
"Truly, father?"
"Yes, yes, I wish that you find information of the enemies. Anything that will prove useful."
"Very well then, father! I will not fail you!" That said, Princess Pina co Lada, daughter of the Emperor Augustus Molt left the Throne Room.
"...A naïve mind, did you not think, your Majesty?"
"Yes, that is why she has many things to learn, but she is too eager...that personality of hers is not suitable of that of a leader, she is best used to be a political tool."
"I see...a cruel fate of such a bright lady as well."
"War knows no mercy, Godasen, now prepare the army to once again repel the otherworlders. Deny them access to further lands of ours."
"As you will it, your Majesty."
Coda Village
5 minutes after Contact
"I see...well, thanks for the help." Paie, the magic technician had been transferred into the company as a translator and had been doing great. "The Chief said that there is another settlement around here, an elf one."
"An elf settlement...curious…" Astermann spoke with a hint of curiosity.
"We can-"
"Can I have a moment?" Amirah asked as Paie and Astermann. "Thank you. I think it is best that we wait for reinforcements, seeing how our reinforcements have yet to arrive and are behind schedule, should we not send a small volunteer recon force to scout the front?"
"...Well, the forest is an unsuitable terrain...we should've brought a better tank suited for this. Very well, Kite! You take the Dardo and an LMV to scout ahead! A witch would accompany you as well!"
"I volunteer as well!" Miyafuji, a Fusoan, a healer and a conscientious objector raised her hand. Having brown hair and brown eyes while wearing a one piece swimsuit underneath her white sailor uniform. Having her stowed A6M3 Zero Striker Unit by the Half-Track.
"You sure, Miyafuji?" Mio asked with a worried tone. "It can get very dangerous."
"Yeah, Miyafuji-chan. I'll be fine too." Shirley grinned as some of the Italians began staring before being smacked by a German.
"Keep your decency, you pile of disgraceful Romans!"
"Ahhh, merde! Merci!"
"Well...what if they get hurt-"
"Miyafuji-san, I don't know about your thoughts and worries, but these men had been through worse than this scenarios."
"Like the Landing on Papaldia."
"Are they actually part of that Division?" An Italian asked as the Capitano snapped.
"They are known to be adventurers, they are bound to join us!" He recomposed himself. "The Germans are no ordinary soldiers, they'd fight tooth and nail against anyone. On top of that they know some decent training in self-care."
"We-Well...if you're sure about that."
"Adawale! Get in the Dardo! We're moving!" An Italian snapped as the German yelled back.
"Shut it! I'm already on my way!"
"Ahhh, and I thought that the Germans are cruel bastards…" Itami groaned.
"Oi...they might've been bastards on the outside. They're actually fucking monsters in the inside. Get to their good side at all times, don't mention anything bad about their nation, their people and anything related. If you want to have a healthy relationship with one, get to know them and exchange stuff like a bottle of ramune with a glass of schnapps, Germans like testing other alcohol."
"Really?"
"Yeah, they do. They're not cruel like whoever you think they are...and it's...terrifying." The captain shuddered.
"Eh? How so? Every Karlslander I've met are pretty polite and nice." Amirah tilted her head as well as Mio and Miyafuji.
"Don't let them fool you." He looked around to see if any Germans were around. "Those bastards...they always appear that way…"
"How? Civilized?" Itami joked as the Captain surprisingly nodded.
"Yes...and the fact how they stay civilized after all the supposed shit they went through. Landing of Papaldia, massacre of the Middle East, Silencing of Africa, American Long Nights and more…" Those events...all of them didn't happen in either Gaters' universes. "In short...they simply are Elite Forces sent to the battlefield...they simply are overqualified soldiers. All of this...is nothing more than an over glorified Recon Company, hell, I'm not going to be surprised if this Company would be able to erase a Battalion of Romans with no more than the Germans we have in urban combat."
"Heeeh? So they're...Elites?"
"Elites...no, Elites number in small quantity...it terrifies me more than the Ultranationalist Japanese soldiers...these...men...these wolves, were able to act civilized, polite...and friendly after all the bloodbath they went through." He shuddered once more. "I don't know how broken each of them are in their cores…"
"...That deep huh?" Amirah was honestly out of words for the soldiers known as the Germans.
"...Justified, they are part of the Reich-SS...granted they have all gone through the training of the German Marshal and Head of Security...but their ability to do so much…"
"Repeating that means...you weren't kidding huh?" Mio lost all her looks of amusement. "And I thought Minna's overprotectiveness was far."
"W-What?" Minna blinked, having lost all concentration she had, paying attention to the Italian.
"Well...like I said, they're diamonds...polished ones...and they're only getting more and more refined every battle." He got up before turning his head. "...Looks like your reinforcements have arrived...let's meet them."
Unknown Forest Elven Village, by the Cliffside
The Dardo and the LMV arrived by nightfall, eyes went wide when the whole scenery was basically a Fire Dragon that was reported lately. "Holy Scheiße!" A German shouted in shock and fear, never in their lives, did anyone see a threat as big as a dragon. That dragon was currently burning an entire forest area with its flames, causing the Germans and Italians to curse.
"That is one huge dragon."
"They ain't kidding…"
"...Sarge? Orders?"
"...We wait em out, we're helpless without our Heavy Fire Support...the smell of smoke and the night sky should be able to mask our presence."
"I see…"
"Dammit...we can't do anything than stand around here!" This was the first time the Germans felt helpless around here. Shirley who had stored her Strikers away can only look in horror.
"...Wait, the elven village-"
"Oh Scheiße!"
"And at the worst of time possible!"
"Sarge, what do we do!?" Shirley asked a bit frantically.
"Nothing we can do about it...wait em out...and then we head back to the village."
"Right…"
"...I-"
"I know you want to help, but doing so would mean that the dragon would probably kill all of us, it's better if we stay hidden until the time is right. We're a recon force, not the main bulk."
"Y-Yes, sir."
"Good, everyone, on me. When all this simmers down, I want all personnel to have all hands on deck to do S&R."
"Yessir!"
Coda Village
6 in the Morning
The reinforcements that came to their aid was nothing short, but pure awe, the form of the Karlsland Tiger I ausf E brought the Germans some nostalgic look of tanks back then, beautifully prepped. Next were the M2 Half-Track with an Orussian IS-2. The next came from the JSDF, the Type 74 MBT, similar to the Axis Japanese(We'll refer them as Nihonjin)'s Type 70 MBT, which if correct, was developed 4 years earlier if they do continue to use the year of production as the name. But the most intriguing was that there were two more Witches coming to their aid.
One was basically based on Hans-Joachim Marseille as well, or their version of him, which was a girl with silver-blonde hair, blue eyes, slightly tanned skin with a pair of brown-blonde wings on her head and an eagle's tail on her back, wearing a pair of Bf109 G-5 Striker Units.
The other was a Witch with short black hair that was tied to a ponytail, blue eyes and tanned skin, she was Le Fay G. Pool, an Ace Tanker from Liberion who scored a few good kills with her M4A1(76) Striker Units, she named 'In the Mood'. Having worn the usual green Liberion Army Uniform. "Ten hut!"
"Le Fay, good to see you around." Amirah greeted the Tanker Witch. "You too, Hanna."
"Wouldn't miss it for the World, or Worlds...that is one mighty piece of a tank." Le Fay pointed towards the Italian Centauro Tank that sat with the Italians. "Never knew the Romagnans had something crafty on their side."
"Oh, that was just a low blow, huh, Liberion?" Hanna asked the Tanker.
"Ehh, more so or less, it's just highly unrealistic of them to finally have a good tank."
"...Yeah, I got nothing to back them up to be honest." Hanna shrugged. "So, are you gonna introduce us?"
"Right, right, you two." Amirah chuckled at the two Witches. "Everyone, this is Le Fay G. Pool, an Ace Tanker from Liberion as your counterpart is named, America. The other is Hanna-Justina Marseille, an All-Time Ace from the African Campaign."
"Heya!"
"Good to have you with us!" The Tankers of the Centauro shouted back, having got off their old tank. "Ah, I miss the times we don't need to even be formal."
"Oh you have no idea..." The Driver shook his head.
"So, you are all part of the Unit?"
"7th Recon Company, yes. That is one mighty piece of crafting...well, too bad men can't really use them, huh?"
"Well, we can't really go all out without the boys and their tanks as well, all in all, we both need each other in the battlefield."
"I can imagine." The Commander smiled. "Care to join us?"
"I've been waiting for you to ask that!" Erika and Maho can only see the Tankers and the Liberion Tank Witch get to their tank before a tanker stopped and looked at them.
"Ehm, would you like to join as well?"
"As-"
"We'd like to." Erika looked a bit surprised at her Commander's response. "Come, Erika. At least we can learn something new from them."
"I...alright..." Erika sighed and followed her Commander.
"Well...they're getting along nicely." Amirah remarked as soon as she said that a few Bf109 G-5s flew above the village and towards the sky. "You brought backup?"
"No...they're not ours." The rondels were all crosses that were not at all an 'X', more like an upright one.
"Oh, those are ours." The Italian Captain came around. "They really are using them as additionals."
"So, any reason why your Command uses 'outdated' equipment?"
"Using Jets was a bit overkill unless deemed necessary. They are merely recon planes."
"...I see..."
"We gotta make use of all things we have in stock, don't we?" The man joked lightly. "Especially when your enemy is really backwards."
"I get your point of using older equipment to save costs..."
"Yeah, but since you don't have that privilege...I'm not gonna rub it on you and your people."
"I'd appreciate that." Hanna grunted. "Those were top of the line Bf109 G-5s, right?"
"Well, we do have the Bf109 TLs, but the G-5s were useful as well in things like this."
"Ahh, I can't really wait to get my Strikers replaced with the Schwalbe."
"Fufu, that's normal of you." Amirah simply chuckled.
"...Okay, maybe now I have a chance in getting a love life with these girls..." Astermann chuckled lightly.
"Lolicon, cap?"
"Shut that mouth of yours."
Ruined Elven Village
"Anything in the skies, Shirley?" A German questioned the Liberion Witch.
"No, nothing yet. No signs of dragons or airborne units as well..."
"Ahh, that's good for us."
"Hey, Wales. Feel the ground." An officer suggested his colleague, who raised an eyebrow before doing so, that caused him to recoil quick enough to have only a few parts of his hand a bit warm.
"It's warm..."
"Yeah, the heat's intense...it's already been eight hours after its rampage as well..."
"That heat must've been on a really high temperature..."
"No kidding..."
On another part, a few soldiers had been looking around the ruined and burnt structures with a few burnt bodies, bodies that they left to their places. "...I count twenty seven bodies..."
"Twenty seven bodies? That's quite a few number."
"Counting the structures, I'd say there'd be around three in each houses."
"That's thirty...ninety bodies...still too low for a body count." The Liberion Witch soon made a touch down with her bunny ears and hare tail visible.
"Any luck?"
...
"Is...there something wrong?" Shirley asked a bit worried. "It isn't my hair right?"
"N-No, it's just we're not..."
"We're not acquainted to seeing bunny girls with P-51Ds on her legs, acting as her new pair of stockings and carrying a goddamn machine gun." A German bluntly finished the Italian's sentence.
"Oh...oh yeah, right, sorry, I might've been too acquainted to people used to seeing me with these." She gestured her ears and tail.
"Yeah, let's just not get too far ahead of ourselves." The Italian soon had a nosebleed when she turned her back on him, causing the German to whack him on where it hurts with his FN Five SeveN.
"God, do I hate perverted people..." The RSS officer muttered.
"Did you-oh..." The girl just realized what just happened to the Italian when she saw her...you get what I mean. "Err...sorry?"
"Not your fault, the idiot doesn't know when to keep his bratwurst from sticking out of his pants."
"...That's overkill."
"Nothing's overkill if I have something to say about it." The RSS shrugged as he put away his gun. "Just be sure not to give someone your back unless they face awa-you know what? Since there are so many people? We can just hand you a pair of hot pants to just keep these pieces of hentai watchers out of the way."
"...I don't know what hentai is, but I'll take you up for the offer."
"Right, but we'll need to be back at base to get you those pair of hot pants." The RSS sighed.
"Also, if I may."
"Yeah?"
"Can I visit your Air Base?"
"...Eh?"
"I mean, you have advanced jets there right?"
"Yes, but-"
"I wish to join in a pilot session if possible!"
"...I...don't really have the authority to say yes or no, so I apologize for that, but I'll...see what I can do and whether or not Command allows it."
"Yes! Thank you so much!" She hugged the man, who was stunned for a bit before patting her head, just like his sister...
"Yeah, yeah, now get off me, will ya? We still have a job to do..."
"Anyone wanna check the well?" A soldier asked out loud.
"Yeah! Maybe someone jumped off there and miraculously survived! How deep is that shit anyway!?"
"Oh fuck off! People get desperate at times of a Fire Dragon!"
"As if you've been there!"
"Oh fuck off!" The officer shouted back before flashing out his flashlight down the well, the sight of water shimmering back was not really seen as the man saw a young woman inside the well. "I-I found something! I mean! Someone!"
"What the hell!?"
"I told you so!"
"Get the tow cable of the LMV! We're going to go down there!"
"Should I just jump in!?"
"No, you dunce! You can just use the cable to get down there! What the hell are you thinking jumping off with no idea of how and where you're going to land!? It's a well that's so fucking deep that you falling with all your gear without knowing how deep the water is would probably drown you and who knows where you'll land! Possibly on top of the survivor and kill her!"
"I GET IT! FINE!"
"Get the cable on!" Attaching the hook to the rescuer who had all his equipment dropped off, the man slowly began to climb down, one at a time before he got to the water.
"Uhhh, guys!?"
"Yes!?"
"I'm scared!"
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...
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"PFFFFTAHAHAHAHA!"
"I'm serious! What if there's something in here!?"
"Dude! The fact that this is a well means nothing lives here!"
"...If you say so!" Dipping his foot in, he soon realized that the water was a lot more deeper than he originally thought. He quickly jumped off and grabbed the girl, pulling the cable to indicate the guys to pull him in. The cable soon began to retract towards the surface. The elven girl in his hands as he climbed up. "Really wish that this was an anime..."
LMV, Ruined Elven Village
"Her temperature's high, a fever."
"Will she be alright?" Shirley asked as the German medic nodded.
"She'll be fine alright, she's a tough girl to survive that amount of heat in a well..." Shirley breathed a bit assured from what the man just told her. "Well, know anyone with the ability to heal?"
"That would be Yoshika."
"Yoshika? I'm afraid I do not know who that Witch is."
"Oh sorry, we often her as Miyafuji."
"The...youngest member?"
"Oh, that would be Lucchini...Miyafuji's basically the innocent one."
"...The...Innocent one?" The Germans and Italians were at lost on what that meant.
"A-Anyways, we should quickly head back."
"Yeah, understood. Get that Dardo running!"
"On it!"
Coda Village
2 Hours Later
"Oh, the detachment is back!" Erica, a young Witch with a bobcut blonde hair, brown eyes and fair skin, having her Me262 Schwalbe Striker Units stowed away. "Heeyy!" The Dardo and LMV quickly parked behind the Freccia and other Italian LMVs.
"Sergeant, how's your trip?"
"Not good. Dragon's lurking around here. Are we in the range of the Combat Company?"
"First of...that's bad, I think the Combat Companies are in range, Sweeper Battalions are also in range. I'll notify them of the situation. In the meantime, evacuation of the village is needed. ASAP."
"Agreed."
"I'll call a meeting with the chief, Paie. With me."
"Understood, sir!" The magic technician nodded.
"I'll never understand how she can be understood by everyone, every time she speaks...it's so confusing..." Erica complained with anime swirly eyes.
"Still can't get my head around it as well..." A few officers muttered out.
Meanwhile...
"So, are you familiar with this?" The Chief looked at the photograph, the Detachment took off the dragon.
"T-This is! The Great Fire Dragon!" Some of the villagers looked extremely alarmed by the sudden information as many were already losing hope. The Chief would soon speak to the Papaldian to make out some phrases.
"He said that it is best for them to quickly evacuate to the Duchy of Zilicat."
"Duchy of Italica...why there? As I recalled from the map, it's pretty far away."
"It's possibly because of the fact that the Capital, Italica, is closest and it has been fortified to withstand the Great Fire Dragon."
"Oh, I see...but aren't we at war with them?"
"I'll ask them." The question was thrown, but the man shook his head. "While yes, they are at war with you, they will not refuse refugees. They say that it is best to separate when we are at the cross section."
"I see...oh, ask them if they can take an elf with them."
"Eh? An elf?" Elves were a rare species back in the Neue Welt, Papaldia or not, they are secluded in places and are often isolated from the outside world and live within their own village, they were conservatives, that said most were arrogant bastards and haughty bitches, while the younger ones are more sensible and progressive, only when they get indoctrinated do they become arrogant bastards and haughty bitches. "...Well, considering it might be common, alright."
"...What did they say?"
"He asked if we can take him to her."
"...That can be done." Walking to the LMV housing the German medic and elf, the elderly can only speak a few sentences and shook his head.
"He said that she might be a burden to all of them, they are having it hard as of now, another mouth would simply cause them to lose all their resources that had been gathered for this journey."
"I see...a pity." Astermann gritted his teeth. "Paie, tell them to gather their belongings, we'll immediately escort them. I don't know about the others-"
"We're coming with you." Minna spoke when she approached them with finally a pair of hot pants that the Italians had brought for uses. Hopefully they were actually clean, otherwise, they were in such big trouble...
"You are?"
"Yes, I know how important this is, we are not going to abandon civilians who are trapped within a conflict."
"...I see, the JSDF?"
"They are coming as well,"
"Hmmm, then it has been decided, correct?"
"Yes, sir."
"Call me Astermann…" The Italian spoke before he soon called for the Combat Companies to help them.
By a Waterfall Cottage
"AHHH, this doesn't make sense!" Cato, an elderly mage complained loudly as he began to move his belongings to the cart outside his cottage, his young apprentice, by the age of 19 had been simply looking at the bulk with a sigh.
"Master, in this rate, the carriage won't even move properly."
"Eh?"
"It is too heavy."
"...Urgghhh, what do you need me do?"
"Get some of the less important things out of the question, what I mean is the seeds that you rarely use for anything."
"But they're incredibly rare, Lelei!" His long blue-haired apprentice simply gave him a deadpan look. "...Alright, they might be rare, but worth almost nothing..."
"Good, Master, is there anything else that we might need to bring?"
"Hmm, no, I believe that is all." Cato soon got to the front of the carriage as Lelei in her dress got a hold of the reins and ushered the horses to move, the horses soon slowly walked out of the cottage land to the path that led to Coda Village.
Coda Village
"Oh, what now?" Cato asked in annoyance as a line of carriages were basically stopping their advance. "Ahhh, a line...why must the dragon wake up now? Why not in another year?" The Fire Dragon had been in deep slumber for a long time, but now was the time where it rose from its slumber, so it's only logical for them to have evacuated a year earlier. "Oooh, this is why I should've bought that blasted calendar!" Cato complained loudly.
"Master, please be quiet, you aren't helping..." Cato simply looked dejected.
"Fine..."
A few foreign shouts could be heard as men in green, tan and bluish grey began to move through on foot, carrying strange staves on their hands. "Who are they?"
"Hmm? I've never seen them in my life, let alone the emblems or uniform...Lelei?"
"I wish to observe them."
"Well...I can't really stop you..." Cato sighed as the young apprentice left him on his own. "Huhhhh, you really have grown to a busty woman like your sister, Lelei~" Cato sighed dejectedly.
With Lelei, she had been standing a good 5' 6", while being voluptuous, she can see a carriage flipped with the horse laying on its side. Looking around, she saw a woman injured. "She needs medical attention."
A few warnings came from the soldiers before a man with a red cross on his shoulder came in, looking at the injuries, he spoke some unknown language before another a woman came with a chest before inspecting the wounds. "Healers?" She asked, the man simply spoke a few words to her that she can barely make out before a shout came through.
"Contact!"
A loud neigh came through as the horse had risen and was on a rampage as the man and woman were also frozen in fear before a few shots came through and got the horse down. "Whew! Good shot, pops!" She looked behind to find a pair of men in green, one holding his staff towards where the horse once stood with smoke coming out of the end.
"I've still got it."
"Mighty impressive, senior officer." A man in greyish blue spoke in a similar language.
"Who are they?" Within, Lelei now had something to pursue, that being whoever these people are have peeked her interest.
"Miyafuji-chan! Can we get some help here!" A young girl came around as she carried a similar staff on her back. "You know what to do, right?"
"Un, I know." She held her hands forwards before a pair of dog ears and tail came out before a blue magic circle came to existence before the wounds began to disappear. "I think that should do it."
"Your magic really is a miracle for us, huh?" The male spoke in the same foreign language.
"Guess I'm not going to be needed around here huh?"
"Ehhh, t-that's not true, Kurokawa-san!" The young girl yelped as her animal appendages remained, having some curiosity, she felt them, causing the girl to straighten at the touch on her appendages. "P-Please don't touch them." She turned to the apprentice, holding her animal ears, which the two older people find a bit amusing.
Who were they?
Path to Italica
1 Hour Later
"...Anyone has any good songs to play?"
"Well...Deutschland~, Deutschland~-"
"Alright, never mind I ask."
"Pasta de Oregano~, jammo~, jammo~"
"Okay, I said stop! Please stop!"
"You sure?" Itami was already going to suffer from PTSD if this continues on.
"Ahh, the Lieutenant is kinda a pussy..." Kuribayashi simply sighed at her Lieutenant. "Even the girls are a lot more tougher than you."
"That-That's because they are from a World War Two era, Kuribayashi!"
"Oh shut up, noodle legs."
"Oi..."
"Anyways, anyone up for some 'I spy'?" A German asked as the whole radio groaned. "Alright then! I'll take that as a yes! I spy with my little eyes...something beginning with R!"
"...Is it rape?"
"Holy shit, that went from 0 to 100 real quick!" A soldier laughed at the sudden escalation of things.
"No, no..."
"Is it...Rectum?"
"Guys...what the fuck, seriously!"
"I don't know Karl, it might be Rasputin if I can't help it."
"Nah nah, might even be a retard for all I know!"
"Oi! Stop the abuse of words of retards! People are sensitive!"
"Alright alright! Geez!"
"It's ravens! Come on, guys! You aren't even trying!" Everyone went silent. "Eh? Why is it-"
"Did you say Ravens?"
"...Ummm, yeah?"
"I don't think ravens come out on a field in the middle of nowhere, they would certainly find fields of corns and fields of crops, but in the middle of nowhere?"
"Up ahead! 12 o'clock!...It's a...Gothic lady!" Indeed, in front was a young lady with a black and red frilly dress, red eyes and a bow on her head, standing a 5' 2".
"EHHHH!? Is she a Lolita!?"
"Yeah...! It is!"
"YESSS..."
"What are you cheering on, you lolicon!?"
"A-Anyways...should we-"
"Oracle!" A few children ran past with some adults and elderlies.
"Eh?"
"Apparently she is an oracle according to a villager." Paie came into the conversation. "They must've worship her a lot."
"Oho? What are you doing out here? Are you forced to be slaves or something similar?"
"Oh no, these people are trying to get us away from the Great Fire Dragon, oracle!"
"...Great Fire Dragon? Guess it's time huh?" The lady asked. "Pray tell who are these who are escorting you?"
"Oh they are the ones who warned us about the dragon! And they can also use magic! Well...some of them at least." The Witches above, eyed the oracle intently, not wanting to let a dangerous person wreck havoc around.
"I see..."
"What about those carriages?"
"I don't know much, miss oracle." A kid answered with a curious look that was shared by many. "All I know is that they are comfy inside and doesn't need horses to pull it!"
"Comfortable you say..."
As the gothic lady come towards Itami's HMV, she looked around the vehicle. Itami was having a very hard time now as he looked at his driver for help, Kurata simply signed him to switch seats to which Itami answered. "I can't fucking drive, you idiot!"
"So you are the leader of this convoy?"
"...Um." Itami had froze when he turned to the woman on the side of his car, thinking hardly. He can make out the possible words of a drama where the man offers the lady a seat, while he valiantly goes to the back seat. So many possible lines to be said. "Hello?" And that was the stupid line he can come up with?
Needless to say, everyone was pretty disappointed when Paie explained what Itami just blurted out to the oracle.
One thought came up and that pretty much sums up what the entire convoy felt excluding some people. "Well, now she'll think we're actually monkeys with uniform." That didn't really help Itami's case, but pretty much everyone except a chosen few agreed.
Following the convoy
By the LMV, the German Medic continued to supervise and watch over the elven girl. "How is she?"
"She's stable again, thanks to Miyafuji-san here." The girl in question can only laugh nervously. "Good job, lil buddy."
"N-No problem, sir..."
"Ah, right, I forgot, call me Justin."
"Sir Justin?"
"No, just Justin."
"This Just in, apparently sir Justin had just taken a liking to a loli, what a lolicon." The German Driver spoke in an announcer-like tone, to which the Medic sputtered.
"I-It's not like that!"
"Ehhhh!? Our lil Justin's just taken a liking to lolis!?"
"Apparently the noblest can fall..."
"Welp, there goes his self-decency."
"Guys! Come on! I was being friendly!"
"Friendly and being a lolicon are two different things, lad."
"I'm going to die from this backstab now..."
"Ahaha! Don't be like that, kiddo." The Driver laughed him off.
"Great now I've been tricked and bamboozled..."
"Uhhh," Yoshika was completely lost on what was happening right now.
"Don't worry, Yoshika, this is normal." The navigator shrugged off. "Every bloody time..." He sighed.
"Well, if you say so..."
"Jet Fighters come in. Do we have Air Support?"
"This is Wardog 1, yeah, we're finally right above you." Four Meermöwes flew above them, surprising some of the Witches above, who had heard the whistles of their Jet Engines.
"Holy hell, don't scare us off like that!" Gertrud went off.
"So, these are...what? Fourth Generation Fighters?" Amirah asked the lot.
"Yup, one of the best ones in Air-to-Air after the Raubvogel, Fenrir, Wyvern, Adler and the Falke."
"That's a lot of names to take into account...but not like we don't have the same thing with our fighters."
"Like what? Meteor, Spitfire...Spiteful...Mosquito...Hurricane...Defiant...Tempest...Firefly...I take it back, that's a lot aircrafts to take into account."
"Ah, yeah! I love it when we get to use these things!" A pilot, Wardog 3 came in. "More fun than staying grounded until further notice!"
"Well, just be careful when engaging the Fire Dragon." Wardog 1 came in.
"Wow, first we just got back from America and then we get sent to the Novus Mondo, and now we're fighting a dragon, this is actually unbelievable." Wardog 4 interjected.
"Tell me about it, this is possibly the most unbelievable mission we're going to get."
"Yeah! Ain't it, Chopper?"
"Looking back, since when have we shot down a dragon?! All those Germans, Argentines and Japanese had already downed dragons! We're being left behind!"
"Ah, the banter..." The navigator simply looked amused. "Haven't stopped running that motormouth, Chopper?"
"Hey, screw you, bud!"
"Same old Chopper."
"Hold on...I got a reading on my twelve. 5000 meters ahead!"
"Is it a dragon!?"
"Damn it. Well, let's go dragon hunting, guys!" The four Jet Fighters quickly scrambled as they fired off their AA Missiles at it when they locked on to their target. The Dragon was simply much more agile as it simply dodged the incoming missiles when they tried to catch it by a suicidal decision to zoom past through them when they got close, causing the dragon to phase in front of the eight missile barrage. "What the-How did that miss!?"
"Seems like it can also use magic to propel itself!" Paie shouted over the COMMS. "I'm reading a massive amount of magic being used by that dragon!"
"Damn! All vehicles protect the civilians! All tanks and Witches! Prepare to engage in combat!" The Tiger I ausf E, Matilda II, S35, Type 74 and Centauro quickly turned their turrets as they soon fired at the general direction, the Type 74 and Centauro made their hits with their electronic guiding system, the ZWK era tanks weren't as lucky. The Tank Witches soon fired their cannons, the 88mms and the 76mm cannons fired as the dragon was quickly smacked by the three cannons on the side of its head, causing it to stagger from the pain.
"We got em!" Erika grinned.
"The battle's not over yet! Look out!" Holding out a barrier, the Dragon swung its tail on the Witches, the barrier held strong, but was almost taken out entirely.
"Help them out! Fire!" The 128mm and 105mm quickly fired, only for the dragon to dodge the rounds thrown at it. Roaring, it began to charge a fire blast, only to be fired by the Freccia's autocannons that caught its mouth and cancelled the blast. The 88mms, 47mm and 40mm cannons fired as the Witches were trying to find a weakspot. The three cannon shells hit true, but were unable to make much of a damage. Finding that not many guns sides the 128mm and 105mm to be of use, the three smaller cannons switched to their High Explosive shells to make most of the damage.
"Damn it! It must have a weakspot somewhere!" The Witches looked around as they flew above. Erica soon looked around the Dragon.
"How about the eyes!?" The blonde Karlslander yelled at the JFW, who looked at her.
"Good spotting, Erica!" Amirah congratulated. "Everyone focus fire on the eyes!" The barrage of basically hundreds of rounds came in.
"The eyes?" Itami asked as he soon came to a realization. "I see! Everyone use your guns to fire at the eyes!" The JSDF soon came to a closer range as they soon fired their small arms at the Dragon's head.
Roaring in pain, it shut its eyes and went on a rampage blindly...literally. It fired a blast of fire on some of the vehicles, prompting some of the tanks to break away from formation and to evade the blast. The Dragon soon came and caught some civilians in the midst of the battle.
"NO! LOAD IN THE PROTOTYPE ROUND!" The 128mm APHEFSDS Prototype shell that utilizes a timed fuse when it came into contact was quickly shoved into the Autoreloader, the cannon soon fired and the shell quickly made contact with the dragon's side, prompting it to be injected with a lethal dose of explosives as it screeched in agony after eating around fifty civilians.
"Now! Fire at its legs! Incapacitate it!" The cannons quickly fired, followed by the four Wardog pilots firing their another pair of missiles each, the quick blast of Phenex Guided AA missiles quickly went through and cut off the legs as the simultaneous blasts, eviscerated the dragon's means of moving on the ground. It screeched loudly, prompting everyone to cover their ears from the intensity of the screech.
The Gothic lady, Rory the Reaper quickly took out her massive halberd before throwing it towards the Dragon, who was quickly dazed by the sudden force that struck its face, as it turned to face the perpetrator...
It was cut off when multiple explosions covered its sides. "This is the 1st Armored Assault Company! We're finally here!"
"Ja, kinda late, but better late than never!" A formation of twenty eight tanks of different forms emerged. The Standardpanzer X, XI, Petain MBTs, Chernyy Orel and some Centauros made their appearances. Rory simply smiled as the Dragon was now being as some would quote it, 'Raped to hell and back, before being given to the Devil and then sent back to Hell.'
"Holy shit are those a lot of tanks!" A Liberion cursed out from his M2 Half-Track, holding his .50 caliber Browning.
"Aye! I never thought they would have more of them!" A Britannian shouted holding his Boy's Anti-Armor Rifle.
"Haha! Let's give that bastard a big fight, he'll forget cause he'll be dead!" A Russian tanker yelled as the others yelled in agreement. The amount of firepower, a combined effort of 128mm, 125mm and 140mm cannons quickly fired and the dragon was quickly smacked by another barrage of explosions to the side. The winged bastard quickly flapped its wings.
"Oh no, you don't! Come on, guys! Feuer-2!" The last missile barrage of eight combined missiles separated to two as four missiles quickly cut off the wings from the main body. "Oh yeah! Jackpot shot!"
"Alright! Let's finish this! Take out the Panzerfaust!" The JSDF's current big gun, the Panzerfaust 3 was quickly taken out of the inventory.
"Let's take out our special delivery weapon!" The 5cm prototype railgun quickly made its debut, having only two shots, they didn't even try to risk it. "Special Dai Service!"
"All tanks focus aim on the head!"
"All Witches, guns on the head! Let's destroy this mofo!" Amirah grinned as she loaded her machine gun. "Make your shots count, Sanya!"
"Un!" The petite Witch with silver hair and blue eyes nodded in confirmation with her Fliegerhammer, her pair of Striker Units that were of the MiG I-225 prototype aircraft.
"Take out that Bazooka and Panzerschreck, komrad!" An Orussian soldier yelled as the two AT guns quickly made their debut.
"FIRE!" The consecutive explosions of the guns shooting their shells, the rockets leaving their rods and the APCR round of the Railgun quickly blasted the big motherfucker into oblivion. "Did we get em?" An Italian asked as the body began to move to fix its body. "Oh come on!"
The hands staggered, the claws ripped the dirt, the blown off legs began to stand on its wounds before the smoke dissipated and revealed a horrifying sight for all, the head was jumbled into flesh and bones. Some Witches couldn't help, but gasp at the gorey sight. One of the eye was hanging by its socket, the teeth were already ruined with many having not holes, but cracks, some already nonexistent, the skull was cracked beyond imagination and gave a sight into the brain of the dragon. It groaned as it soon fell down to the ground.
Dead.
...
"OORAH!"
"Damn, that was a fine ride." Chopper came in with his mouth.
"Well, job's done, returning to base, see you guys later!" Blaze spoke up.
"Take care!" Wardog 2 came through.
"It's fun working alongside you guys! Let's do this again sometime!" Wardog 4 soon finished off before the four Jet Fighters left the scene.
"Well, that was fun." Mio simply smiled before laughing. "Too bad I didn't get to use Reppumaru, she would've loved to cut through."
"Well, technically you still can." Minna shrugged.
"No use, beating a dead body, Minna. It's just not the same." Mio simply waved off.
"We can take a few scales in memory of this event."
"Yeah! We actually can, can't we?!" Gertrud was already ecstatic in telling her little sister about her time in fighting a dragon and showing off a scale from it.
"Way ahead of all of you! We're gonna hog all the scales before you can! Ahahahaha!" A German radioed through.
"Wha-Don't you dare!" She quickly dove through towards the corpse to which some members giggled to.
"This is the first time that we can actually take it easy, knowing that even without us, the boys are going to be just fine..."
"...But it's also a lot more fun if we can actually join in." Sanya commented.
"Ehh? If Sanya's still joining, then count me in!" Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen, a Suomus Witch having silver grey hair with greyish lilac eyes and pale skin. Her Striker Unit being based on a Bf109 K-4.
"Well, I guess everyone's on board of the idea?"
"I don't really have qualms to be honest." Lynette Bishop, a Britannian Witch spoke up, having dirty blonde hair that was tied into a braided ponytail, lilac eyes and fair skin, while carrying a Boy's Anti-Armor Rifle Mk I, having a pair of Striker Units based on the Spitfire Mk 22.
"Then it's decided huh?"
"If you'd allow me to join actually, I'd be more than happy to encounter those guys some more." Hanna smirked at the Commander.
"Really? What about your unit?"
"...Well, Afrika isn't going to need me, so I guess I'm kinda free now...what do you say?"
"Well, we're honored to have you onboard." Amirah smiled at the Star of Africa.
"AHAHA!"
"Get back here with those scales! You never told me that it was hard to even get one off!"
"No way, woman! It's mine now!"
"Hey! You said that it's ours!"
"No, you moron!"
"I SAY WE CHANGE TO COMMUNISM AND SHARE THESE SCALES!"
"Blasphemy! Heretic! You're the foe of every Nationalists!"
"Well...they sure are lively."
"For proclaimed Elite Units...they are." Amirah simply smiled when she remembered the times she was in the SAS.
3 Hours Later
"...Jodl, you're a believer. Go lead the prayer." The soldier, Jodl, a German officer sighed as he soon got in front. "...Paie, you too."
"Eh? Me?"
"Translate what he says."
"...Fine..."
"Well, I will lead the prayer in my religion, the...Catholic Christrian prayer style, but all of you do not need to follow my exact motions." Paie translated his words as the man began. "By thy name of thy father, thy son, und thy holy spirit, amen. Gods and Goddesses, my God and father of thy heaven, Yahweh, we have finished your trial, we have lost our friends, our comrades to the foul beast we had encountered, we wish for those souls that pass to the afterlife to find their souls at peace...by thy name, amen. By thy name of thy father, thy son, und thy holy spirit, amen." Turning to the graves, he bowed to them in sincerity as did everyone else in respects of those who lost their lives.
"...A beautiful prayer, Jodl-san." Yoshika praised the man.
"Ahh, it's nothing..."
"That was not nothing, herr Jodl, it was a respectful prayer...especially when you included their Gods in as well." Maho shook her head on the man, who looked a bit abashed.
"Well, gee, thanks, but-"
"Don't you dare try to refute herr Kommandant's words, your prayer is beautiful, accept it." Jodl was already going through a trainwreck right now.
"Yes ma'am."
"Don't be too modest." Maho simply nodded.
"A-Ah..."
"Huh, you got me surprised." Le Fay spoke up. "Erika has never really praised someone, y'know?"
"...Can I say that it's because of her Commander that she praised me?"
"Nah, just keep that as a trophy, not much got her approval."
"Oh no, this can't be happening...I don't wanna have a harem now...By thy name of thy father, thy son, thy holy spirit..."
"Eh?"
"Ah, that's just Jodl overreacting, no worries. Everyone's been watching cartoons of shitty storylines and stupid relationships."
"Oh...I see...he wants more than-"
"Stoppppp, I don't need it!"
"Ah, there he goes." The man just ran towards the LMV and just jumps in after opening the door, shutting it loudly. "...Yeah, we really need to make a harem up for him."
"Oho, definitely..."
Meanwhile...
"They can't take them in?"
"Yeah..." Paie had been translating for the three leaders of each Gates. Well, ignore the four other Commanders, who were a part, the two Commanders of the Two Armored Assault Companies, the World Pact's Recon Team and the Tank Commander of the Type 74. "Apparently they are too much of a burden with how much supplies they have left..."
"...I see...I'm afraid we can't take any either..." Astermann looked a bit ashamed. "Our base is filled to the brim with former slaves already..."
"Neither can we, our Base is not sufficient in its standing." Amirah shook her head. "I wish to, but with how logistics are with the damages caused by the War, they won't be here for another few days."
"..." The two turned to Itami, who looked at both of them, sweating.
"...You still have space, right?"
"And you do have the logistics needed."
"...I-Is this really necessary, you guys?"
"Unless you want to have yourself castrated." Astermann spoke ominously.
"Ahaha, don't do that, I need a piece of my mind given to him as well, Capitano."
"Oi...oi...this is-guys? Guys!?" The others had already gained their distances and can only give Itami their thumbs up for good luck. "...Mercy?"
"Sorry, all out of mercy."
"See this bottle of water, sir Itami?" Amirah took out a bottle of water. "This is my mercy." She drank it till the last drop. "I'm out of it." She gave a simple smile.
"...HELP!"
Alnus Hill, Fort Alnus
"Itami! You need to explain to me what you exactly mean with bringing these amount of refugees!" The Major was once more a headache to Itami, who was trying to silently pass his pain through. It was already bad enough that the Italian had beaten him black and blue...lightly at least, but Amirah was way more intimidating with her knives, that much that the Capitano was shaking when she wanted her turn to 'convince' Itami.
"...W-Well, sir..." Suffice to say, Itami won't be going out anytime soon. That aside, he had counts of eighty refugees, including one elf and the Reaper.
"If I may enter to speak." An Italian voice came through.
"Oh no, please I've already had enough..." Itami was already suffering from what they've done to him.
"Yeah yeah, I'm coming in." The Major looked surprised to see a European speaking Japanese.
"Excuse me as well." As well as an Asian-European girl, unsure of what nationality she was from. "I am Captain Amirah Aisyah Sulaiman on behalf of the other Gate I and my colleagues went through."
"Me as well, but from another Gate."
"...Well then, I...what can I help you two with?"
"We propose to have a little...talk with your leader, if it's alright, we will talk about all of the situation here."
"...I...I'll see what I can do, we have never thought of this scenario."
"Holy shit, did you even send a scout plane first for reconnaissance, or something? This is dumb!"
"Not all have the same funds as you."
"Oh, you can just spare two planes to take into account what is around you, but these people didn't even bother, Captain."
"I-...yeah, that's true." Amirah couldn't help, but agree. It was dumb to not enough send a pair of Fighters to do reconnaissance.
"...The General will be able to meet your leaders..."
"Excellent, until then. Itami...don't lewd anyone, alright? And eyes not down, but up." Itami can only nod with a gulp. "Good."
This...was not expected, I didn't expect that my yesterday draft could be finished this quickly, to be honest and the results are...satisfying...for me at least. So, sorry, but apparently not now, but next chapter(HOPEFULLY), I can finally get some politics out of the way and into the fire, throw in Italica's Siege and then knock some sense into the Emperor.
So, Familiar of Zero and Rising of the Shield Hero(?), while yes, they are a part of this new Gate Universe, a Greater Gate Universe if you will, Germania would be of course smaller with Gallia done the same, the entire Familiar of Zero universe will be a bit altered as well, no, the systems won't be, but some minor things, they will be placed in another continent and their size will vary, the Rising of the Shield Hero will as well, well might as well make this a Multi-Crossover, but in this scenario only, I own nothing, but my ideas and OCs.
So what we have now are elements of:
Girls und Panzer
Rising of the Shield Hero
Familiar of Zero
Ace Combat
And some more things that I won't reveal anything else. This is purely just to try and make this as balanced as possible, Italy and Germany won't be able to dispense as much men until Japan is finished toying with Gra Valkas Empire and puppet them. Italy will get most of the land with Germany taking some few things with some taxes to be paid for the Italians(As a form of support so to say in secret), Japan possibly would do the same as well.
But no new toys to toy with so...
Trivia(OCs):
Amirah Aisyah Sulaiman: OC from Corporal Tommy, a Britannian-Malayan Witch, part of the Royal Air Force
Le Fay G. Pool: OC based on the Tank Ace , the Original 'War Daddy' Lafayette G. Pool, an American Tanker, her Striker Unit is also based on his M4A1(76) tank by the end of the war. May your soul rest in peace, War Daddy. May it rest.
Trivia(The not-so-OCs):
Maho Nishizumi: Her appearance is the same basically, she only wears the Tiger I Striker Unit
Erika Itsumi: As she can be confused with my OC, Erika Reichs von Rhine, she'll only be mentioned in the Novus Mondo parts, anything not Novus Mondo means my OC, Erika, that might be confusing, but she's one of my favorite characters...why? Now that you mention it, I just like her for some reason...alright?
Reviews:
Corporal Tommy: You're my safest bet on a good guide on Strike Witches, but for now...I still got this...hopefully I won't abandon this, this is a lot more fun than to basically have a lot of drama and so much character development for one and then not give another some time.
GREAT CELESTIAL-DRAGON: The Argument of someone being Overpowered is really...really getting old, then we have nations. The Axis is meant to be the World, but a lot more radical in some developments, yet a lot more united by the fact that they were going to fight against a new world, having another world meant that Germany and Italy will need to team up, unlike the ones in the OTL Gate Japan, where there are mostly greed and control.
Peace will only be confirmed if said Kingdom has not tried anything with the Axis, the Axis minds their own business until things get ugly then they come in with 'DING DONG! YOUR ACTIONS ARE WRONG!',
As mentioned, I will take post-season 1 of Rising of the Shield Hero and then tweak things to make them more believable. Then comes in FoZ, FoZ for its sake is a highly oppressive system, Germania being one of the actually more humane despite things, actually, why? They use money to buy titles and not just from magic. That right there is a good system unless they are warmongers that care for expansion, like Germany. Basically the two are the same with different names and technology. The biggest threat to them would probably be a Dragon there, Nobles are by most too noble and not that adequate in battle, unlike some, ex: Karin the Heavy Wind.
But knowing many, they'll all fall victims to the Axis with no right behaviors, Romalia? Yeah, ultimately dead.
Anyone with the right mind would not bother a Superpower like Germany or anyone in the Axis, knowing Germany, Italy and Japan would basically tear them apart. Science is going to go further if magic technology is not developed correctly. Proto-Mechs? Maybe, smaller ones with better uses in the industry and maybe in combat after certain tweaks. It is there, the potential is also, we can simply just make it work by research and development, if there are nothing of the sorts out, it likely means its still in prototypical stages, same to some other weapons and equipment.
Artificer: I've added in Summoning Japan's magic, Strike Witches' magic...adding more would break the entire system, they work differently as well! No, not going to add them in, Axis had already been defined as non-magical and no magic will ever reside there...
Nero Claudius: Yes, in fact it is...for once.