[During the same evening.]

Someone open the door of Magic office

"Lady Magic?" Someone says

"Yes?" Magic responds

"The reparation of the machine is complete."

"Ah!" Magic says in excitement while getting up of her chair

Magic head to the workshop and notice the finished vehicle

"So, that's one of the vehicle that allowed Planeptune to continually bomb the supply lines. You tested it?" Magic says to Badd

"Yes, and it seem to works and fly. But how you knew that they allowed it to bomb us?"

"Well there was ammunition for aircraft inside of the wreck of the vehicle, so I concluded that it allowed them to transport supplies to the city, some guys also had the "great" idea to post the information about their airlift on nepedia. But also I found out out that you are quite taking a lot of time to make inventions. I thought that you are one, no?"

"Actually, I was just mainly financially helping the company of the defunct father of Bethesda, so after he vanished I had to improvise myself as one."

"I see. Well get back to work" Magic says as she leaves on the way back to her office

But when she went back she encountered someone else holding a phone

"Lady Magic! Its Uran that want to talk to you!"

Magic sighs and take the phone

"What's its about?" Magic says

"Well I'm going to pass up the details, to make it quick we think that Bethesda is now at lowee, helping the lowean forces against the MOD." Uran says

"How you can guess that? Why he would be there?"

"Well I got the a description form a spy that exactly the same that you made to the ASIC army. But I don't know why he would fight us tough."

"K, so get your best troops and prepare a raid on them to capture him."

"Don't worry about that, it will just be a little extra on my attack plan."

CLICK

"He better don't screw this." Magic thinks

[The week after.]


EAST OF LOWEE

LOWEE OUTPOST

9H00


After a skipped week where there is not much that happened outside of usual business…

"I find it quite funny that after you invent a thing and someone start using it, it heavyly improve the situation very quickly."

"I'm literally making "game changers" so its normal."

"I would more call them "deus ex machina"

The y both laugh but for different reasons

"That's strange in that fanfic nearly everyone can break the fourth wall." Bethesda says

IF chuckles "Nep is not the main character and is currently captive so someone as to do it"

Someone catch IF attention

"What's wrong?" Bethesda asks

"Its just that guy who seem a bit suspicious" IF responds while looking at one of the trooper in particular

"Then spy on him."

"Its what im gonna do."

[A few hours later.]

Juda is at his post guarding a part of base

VRRRT

His phone is starting to ring so he's discretely head out of his post and goes behind one of the buildings

"Hello?"

"Hello juda, i'm going make it quick, a huge attack is gonna happen soon on your outpost, get out of there if you don't want to get mistaken as an enemy and eventually get killed."

"Yes sir, but when exactly?"

"I can't tell you. Also before getting try getting much information as possible on the defenses."

CLICK

Just after Juda end the call. He hears someone running near him, he looks around the building but see nobody, he think someone was spying on him, or maybe not but he sure that he must immediately get out of there but he must wait the night to get out since its going to be easier and avoid raising more suspicions on him

[Meanwhile, on another area of the outpost.]

As usual, Intelligent is doing her usual job as a marshal: Planning next moves of the whole army and attentively listening to battle reports

Knock Knock Knock

Someone knocks on the Marshal office

"Yes?"

IF opens the door and enters

"You are not supposed to be escorting Bethesda?"

"Yes, but I found that there is a traitor among us."

"Why you made a reference to a game that no one plays anymore?"

"That's not a reference there was a trooper that tried to hide and he called someone but with a gadget I used I managed to get form what they were talking." IF put one of her phone on the desk and turn up the volume.

"Seriously?"

IF proceeds to start the recording, Intelligent is in shock after what she heard

"Okay so first, why we don't have tools like these at Lowee? and two how that's possible that they are going to attack here? They are getting pushed back since the last week! They are supposed to be on their last retrenchments!" The marshal attempt to explains in a mix of confusion, anger and shock

"I don't know, but we should cautious in case." IF says

Intelligent sigh and attempt to come back to her senses "On who you got these information?"

"Well form what I knew it was someone called Juda, I got his name form someone of his squad."

"Okay let me handle this first."


[A few hours later.]

Juda enters the office of the Marshal there the marshal of course but also that girl that seemed to follow the scientist everywhere, By the way take a note on the quick evolution of sweating on Juda forehead

"You called me?" Juda says

"Hello Juda. Do you know why I called you?" Intelligent Responds

Juda try to hide the fact that he is stressed "N-No why?"

Sweat-o-meter: 5%

"Did you had a call with someone recently?"

"Uh, it was someone of my family."

Sweat-o-meter: 20%

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes!"

"but why you hidden before making your call?"

"I-i Just wanted some private area to talk."

Sweat-o-meter: 50%

"Well then you don't mind that we replay the call." Intelligent says as the girl in her side activate the recording on a phone

The recording starts playing

"Hello?"

"Hello Juda, I'm going make it quick, a huge attack is gonna happen soon on your outpost, get out of there if you don't want to get mistaken as an enemy and eventually get killed."

"Yes sir, but when exactly?"

"I can't tell you. Also before getting try getting much information as possible on the defenses."

Sweat-o-meter: 87%

"So the persons of your family was someone of the MOD isn't it?" Intelligent says

"Uh… Uh… Um."

Sweat-o-meter: 104%

Juda stay silent while getting exposed, he is cornered and there is not way out for him and he knows it unless…

Juda quickly use magic to summon his rifle and aim at the Marshal

BANG

A bullet coming form behind him hit his arm, preventing him to fire and making him dropping his weapon

"AHHH! FUCK!" He yells in pain while holding his arm, he looks behind him and see the Scientist

was aiming at him with a revolver and with smoke leaving the barrel.

The scientist with other peoples including some officers and his squad enters with weapons and start to hold Juda to prevent him doing anything, one of them even slapped the back of his head

"OUCH! Stop touching me like that!" Juda yells

Shortly after there is an undistinguished hubbub form everyone in the room

Intelligent wipes papers out of her jacket and bang them on the table

"Can you stop banging please?!" Juda says, sounding more and more desperate

The marshal stops and start reading them

"So Juda, you are accused of collaborating with an enemy group with which we are at war, you also failed at your job as a soldier to protect your homeland..." Intelligent start saying

"Traitor! Traitor!" The Squad leader yells at him while pointing his finger at him

"Why you done that?" A girl form his squad says

"You are also accused to giving away confidential information to the MOD here some examples: you revealed the position of Bethesda to the enemy and weapons form Planeptune! Your acts are equal to high treason and the Lowee court find you guilty! Your sentence is to be shot by your own squad. any last words?"

Maybe if he can explain and convince them to support the changers and save his life he thinks

"I had multiple discussion with the commander Uran of the MOD and he convinced me to take part in the conflict to help them, not only only for them to live peacefully out of oppression but also to prevent any more victims. The changers are just humans like you and me! They never deserved anything that was done to them!"

"Ok, take that fucker out now." Intelligent responds

It didn't work

"You wasn't supposed to do that!" Juda cries as he get dragged out outside

He get put on a post outside and he is tied up to it, at this point he just accept his fate and look straight up at his squad, the squad point at him with rifles, some looks at him with anger other's have tears running down their faces. They knew each others for a long moment and now their fraternity ends.

"FIRE!" Intelligent yells

BANG

The squad fire their rifle simultaneously on Juda, ending his life.

EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO BETRAY YOU ARE PART OF THE PLAN.

"Well this is done. You can return to your duties." Says the marshal, and the people go back to their occupations "But not you two." she says to Bethesda and IF

After that she take them to her office


SOUTH-EAST OF LOWEE

A VILLAGE IN THE TAIGA

18H00


At the same moment

After another battle with the MOD, the Lowean troops are resting in the captured village

"Okay guys, we should be soon enough at the last position of the MOD, so get ready for tomorrow since battles are only gonna intensify on now." the Major says to his troops in a house "By the way inspect the houses in case."

"YES MAJOR!" The troops responds

Meanwhile the troops are searching in the houses for hidden weapons

Shouzou while searching like the other troopers, a villager stops him

"Hey! You got no right do that!"

"Excuse me but I'm just searching in case. Don't even think about trying to do something."

He walk over a quite long carpet

"Don't walk over there! You are gonna make it all dirty!"

"HA SHUT UP!" Shouzou responds angrily "That's stupid why would they don't allow me to walk over a carpppppeeeeeeeet!" He says as he fall down into a hole

"You are okay Shouzou?" A soldier says

"Urgh, yeah just some scratches. Goddesses dammit I see nothing there! Can I have a flashlight!"

A soldier drop a flashlight into the hole

"OUCH!" The flaslight hit Shouzou head

"Sorry!" The soldier responds

Shouzou attempt to find the flashlight and he finally find it after struggling to find it for around a minute, he press the switch on and…

"Holy shit. I understand why bombings were noneffective." Shouzou says as he looks at a map of the tunnel system used by the MOD "Quick call the major! We got something very important there."


EAST OF LOWEE
LOWEE OUTPOST

18H32


"So, I guess we will have to evacuate you two form there, Planeptune is going to be pissed if you two die." Intelligent explains

"We can help with the fight." Bethesda says

"No, she is right, we should better go now." IF says

Bethesda is confused "Why tough? We are pretty strong."

"We are not supposed to be on the front lines."

Intelligent sigh "Don't get me wrong I totally thinks that you two are skilled in fighting, but I can't take that risk."

Intelligent phone starts ringing but she ignores it for now

"Well this is a goodbye I suppose then." Bethesda says

"Effectively." Intelligent responds

"It was nice knowing you marshal." IF says

"Oh you know I must also thank you, we probably wouldn't found out that there is a traitor without you , IF." Intelligent says and then handshake IF and Bethesda "Take care of yourselves."

Both Bethesda and IF leaves the room and then Intelligent reponds to the phone

"Yes?"

"Marshal! We know how they managed be nearly unaffected by the bombings!

"Uh? say it."

"They used a tunnel system."

Intelligent is again in shock

"So that's why."

"Yes, we are inspecting them right now, some soldiers encountered MOD soldiers and they are having a tunnel war right now."

"I need to end the call right now."

She realize not only why the bombing were useless but she also make the link with the call that Juda made, its because they are gonna attack trough the…

BANG BANG BANG BANG BOOM

Gunshots and explosions get heard outside

An Officer slam the door open in panic

"Marshal, MOD troops suddenly appeared right out of the ground, near the base and they are attacking us!" The officer cries

"SAY TO EVERYONE TO GET TO THE BATTLE STATIONS!" The marshal yells "I hope they managed to get out in time." She thinks at the same time

TO BE CONTINUED


Yep, sorry to end the chapter there but if I continue it its gonna be over 4k words and that's something I'm trying to avoid since the next one is going to be quite heavy… at least I think

So stay tuned for the next one that will be out… when it will be done.