Not much to comment on right now. Have any of you heard about the new DLC that's coming out for Valkyria Chronicles? I think it's called 'Battle Challenge' or something like that, as well as VC 2...on the PSP. Anyways, on to chapter 7!

Disclaimer: Valkyria Chronicles and all of its characters belong to SEGA.

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Cordellia was sitting on her throne, nervously eating the cinnamon rolls the cooks made for her. Deep down, she had this feeling of dread that everything would go wrong with Maiden's Shield. The doors to the throne room creaked open and a soldier walked in.

"Your Highness," he said, bowing in front of her. "As you instructed, we have been delaying the giant vehicle by creating rockslides in its path."

Cordellia finished her roll and looked at the guard.

"Very well. I sent a messenger to the militia instructing them to head for that giant vehicle. Operation Maiden's Shield will begin as soon as the militia rendezvous with the royal forces," she said. The soldier left the throne room.

"I just pray that we can stall that massive tank long enough for Lieutenant Gunther to catch up to it," she muttered before telling one of her guards to bring her another cinnamon roll.

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"These Gallians are getting on Our nerves. We're being delayed too much because of these rockslides!" Maximillian shouted. "We are getting impatient. Unfortunately, my wretched father didn't give the engineers the funding to mount a cannon on the Marmota so we could do away with annoyances like this," he hissed.

He stormed out of the room furiously and walked through the Marmota until he reached the deck, where the wind breezed past him.

Soon, the Valkof will be Ours. Then I will use it and the artificial Valkyrian weapons to usurp my father and claim all of Europa…no, the entire world as my own! All shall see the might of the new Empire We shall create!

Maximillian smiled to himself as he walked back inside, envisioning his new world.

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Jaeger was leaning next to his tank when Selvaria arrived.

"Varrot filled me in on our mission. A giant 'battleship on legs,' as they call it, has been spotted heading northwest to Randgriz. The militia has been charged with destroying, or disarming this vehicle by any means necessary," he said. Selvaria nodded.

"That vehicle must be the Marmota, right? The vehicle that only a Valkyria could hope to damage?" she questioned. Jaeger nodded.

"The only problem is the Marmota has a lot of escorts that prevent the militia from getting close. We've been tasked to divert these troops away from the Marmota so that the militia can begin operation Maiden's Shield," he explained.

"Just us two? So we're the militia's disposable pawns," Selvaria said.

"What do you expect? We've both killed hundreds of Gallian soldiers. They're not going to trust us with a large scale operation," he said. That's when Selvaria noticed he was smirking.

"And what's so funny?" she asked. Jaeger laughed for a second.

"However, our job is to divert them, but what if we defeated them all? Gallia's higher ups would have no choice but to recognize our usefulness," he concluded. Selvaria smirked as well. For the next few minutes, both of them discussed their battle plans how they were going to defeat over a hundred soldiers and the many tanks with just the two of them.

"That might just work," Jaeger said, looking at the map that Varrot gave him for the upcoming mission. The map detailed the area where they would have to divert the enemy, and where to lure them. Jaeger folded up the map and climbed on top of his tank. "Let's get going so we can get ready," he said. The pair of them got into the Lupus. Its engine roared as it charged out of the tank bunker into the wilderness of the Kloden Wildwood.

Varrot noticed them leave and turned on her radio. She set the frequency so the entire militia would hear her.

"All troops, Maiden's Shield will begin as soon as Selvaria and Jaeger have diverted the enemy. Head to the operation site!" she commanded as soldiers grabbed their gear and began to line up for battle.

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Selvaria peeked over the edge of the hill she and Jaeger were hiding behind and saw rows of imperial soldiers and tanks.

"Based on what I see, there're at least ten tank destroyers in there along with a Dromedarius. The other tanks are just standard ones," she said. Jaeger smiled.

"Ten tank destroyers huh? This will be interesting." He chuckled and got onto the Lupus.

"I'll fire a flare once we've reached the target point," he said. Selvaria nodded and lay down in the soft grass next to her. She aimed at an object in the distance as the Lupus's engine roared and it headed off towards the enemy.

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The captain of the Marmota's escort was reading a book when his tank came to a complete halt. He got out and shouted at one of the soldiers.

"What is going on? Maximilian will kill us if we don't reach the remnants of Gallia's army in time!" The soldier didn't respond. He rose a finger at an object coming towards them; the Lupus. The captain's eyes grew wide as he took out his radio.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, but tell Maximilian that Jaeger has come back. Thanks," he said, putting his radio on his hip. A few seconds later, his friend spoke.

"Maximilian says to tell him to join you. He'll help you in your fight against the Gallian army. Then, Jaeger is to come to Randgriz for an explanation." It was about a minute before the Lupus came to a complete stop and Jaeger got out.

"Nice to see you Jaeger. I was worried you had abandoned the Empire," the captain said.

"With my county's fate on the line? Never. I had to do a reconnaissance mission at Barius. Emperor's orders," Jaeger explained. The captain raised an eyebrow.

"I will not question you; Maximilian will do that. However, he has ordered you to join with us. We'll be heading north to finish off whatever remains of the Gallian army that has been on route to Randgriz," he replied. Jaeger nodded and got back into the Lupus.

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Selvaria saw the imperial soldiers flooding through the valley in front of her and got ready to pull the trigger. She heard a loud bang and saw a flare rise up into the sky, imperial soldiers running every which direction in confusion. She pulled the trigger. The bullets went flying across the valley and hit their target: a ragnite bomb disguised as a boulder.

The bomb exploded, causing the nearby cliff to crumble and crush all the tanks and nearly three-quarters of the troops. Selvaria got up began shooting at any soldier that had avoided the rockslide, blood flying everywhere as soldier's screams filled the air. The Lupus's cannon turned around and fired a mortar into a cluster of shocktroopers, blowing their bodies in all directions.

Selvaria quickly killed many of the confused soldiers before she ran out of ammo and had to reload. She noticed a soldier was about to shoot her so she dropped the Ruhm and cut the guy's arm off with her sword before sliding back to her gun and crouching behind a boulder, bullets zooming past her face. One of the soldiers ran over and threw a grenade over the boulder, but she rolled to the left and shot him in the chest. The grenade explosion blew several pieces of shrapnel through the air and nicked Selvaria across the cheek and left arm. She looked around, but all of the soldiers near her were dead, so she ran off to meet up with Jaeger.

"Kill the traitor!" the captain shouted. Whatever lancers survived opened fire on the Lupus. The Lupus fired its machine gun at the rockets and managed to divert most of the rockets, but two of them smashed into it, dealing light damage to the treads and the main body. Jaeger countered by firing a mortar at them, sending the lancers flying. Jaeger changed to the machine gun and fired before they could get up, killing them one by one until they were wiped out. He then looked out the tank's scope*, but the captain wasn't there.

"What the?" He muttered before he heard something walking on top of the Lupus.

"Die, you traitor!" the captain shouted as he lifted up the lid of the Lupus, preparing to throw a grenade in. Jaeger took out a handgun to try and shoot him but then heard a loud bang. The captain stood there motionless before falling off the Lupus, the grenade exploding harmlessly. Jaeger got out and saw Selvaria reloading the Ruhm and laughed.

"Nice shot," he chuckled. Selvaria smiled a bit before looking at all the soldiers she had killed.

Even when you don't have your Valkyria powers, you're still a ruthless killing machine, huh?

"Shut up!" She yelled at the sky. The voice faded away, but Jaeger was looking at her strangely. "Sorry," she apologized. Jaeger just shrugged.

"What the? What happened here?" a familiar voice said. It was none other than Varrot, staring in awe at the bloody and corpse-ridden valley.

"We diverted them just as you asked. However, they fell right into our trap we made before we left." Jaeger explained. Varrot stood there and smirked a little.

"Well, I am impressed. I came to check on your progress, but since you have completed your mission, I am here to give new orders. You'll be helping Squad 7 in operation Maiden's Shield. One of the rockslides caused by the royal army has diverted the Marmota, so we'll have an extra twenty minutes before it arrives to the operation site.

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When Jaeger and Selvaria had arrived at the operation site, Zaka walked up to them.

"So how was the ragnite bomb that you wanted?" he asked. Jaeger smiled and patted Zaka on the back.

"It was perfect," he said.

"Yes, it was. Thank you." Selvaria said. Zaka nodded and smiled. The three of them walked over to the makeshift tent where Squad 7 was assembled. Varrot stood at the front of the room.

"In ten minutes, we'll commence operation Maiden's Shield. I'll begin the briefing.

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*-I don't know how tank drivers see out the tank. If anyone knows how they do, please tell me for future chapters.

I was going to include some of Squad 7 in this chapter, but I'm saving that for next time.

Next up: Operation Maiden's Shield. There will definitely be a twist, that's for sure.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!