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After hearing the other party's reply, Summit paused slightly and said in a mocking tone, "Very well, since you are the highest fighting force of the Japanese Liberation Front, you are qualified to fight me." As he spoke, he twirled the spear made of energy swords in his hand and said, "It doesn't matter which way you come, all of you come at me at once! Otherwise, it would be too boring."

"What?" Guilford, Toudou, and the Four Holy Swords all exclaimed in surprise after Summit finished speaking, though the Four Holy Swords' expressions quickly changed from surprise to anger.

Having already fought the Four Holy Swords, Guildford realized that their skills were far beyond those of ordinary knights, and said with concern, "Your Highness Summit, this is too dangerous."

“Don’t worry, Guildford. Whether it’s the ‘Miracle Vine Hall’ or the Four Holy Swords, they’re just a bunch of weaklings. There’s no need to make a fuss over them,” Summit said in a relaxed tone through the external sensors.

"You bastard, even if you are the second knight..." Chiba Nagisa, the only female among the Four Holy Swords, said angrily.

Asahina, the bespectacled, boy-like figure among the Four Holy Swords, immediately spoke up: "Don't fall for it, Chiba, that guy is just provoking us."

“I agree!” Senba Ryouga, the largest and oldest among them, immediately nodded in agreement.

"In that case, Lieutenant Colonel, please allow us to engage in battle." Urabe Takuyuki said with a slight smile, his face full of fighting spirit. After the battle just now, he was very confident in the performance of the Rogue Mod.

"Alright, be very careful. The opponent is no ordinary person. Don't take it lightly. Go all out from the start and have the spirit to fight against a thousand men." Toudou nodded and gave his instructions.

"Yes, on the honor of our Four Holy Swords!" Chiba, Asahina, Senga, and Urabe responded simultaneously, then piloted the Rogue. to charge towards Summit.

Asahina, who was at the forefront, immediately shouted, "Chiba, Senga, Urabe, break through the encirclement!"

"Yes!" The four immediately formed a straight line and charged towards Summit, led by Asahina. From the front, it looked as if there was only one Rogue. Modified. The moment the first Rogue. Modified reached the Fallen Angel, the Rogue. Modified that could only be seen as one suddenly became two, and simultaneously raised their katana and slashed at the Fallen Angel's waist from the left and right.

Summit calmly raised his spear, instantly splitting it into two energy swords to block the attacks. Due to the impact of the two modified Rogues, the Fallen Angel was forced to retreat, kicking up a large amount of debris. Just as Summit blocked the attack, two more modified Rogues suddenly leaped out from behind the two in front, simultaneously thrusting their katana towards Summit's cockpit. The attacks came wave after wave, a so-called slashing encirclement formation not unlike the Chinese 'wheel formation'.

"Not bad, but not enough..." Summit smiled slightly, praising the other party after realizing their intentions. At the same time, the Fallen Angel's power instantly doubled, propelling the two Rogue.Modified units forward, forcing the two katana to barely pierce the Fallen Angel's cockpit. After skillfully dodging what the other party thought was a fatal combined attack, Summit immediately forced the two Rogue.Modified units in front of him back, then spun the upper body of the Fallen Angel's mech sharply, using a single sword to block the attacks from the two Rogue.Modified units behind him. The guide wheels on his feet then spun rapidly, increasing his speed again, allowing him to escape the four's encirclement. He then combined the two energy swords in his hands into a spear and charged towards the shocked four. After severing the left arm of a Rogue.Modified unit piloted by Chiba, he immediately jumped backward, opening up attack range.

"Chiba, are you alright?" Urabe hurriedly asked worriedly as he piloted the rogue Kaigo to Chiba, who had lost an arm.

"It's nothing, just the loss of his left arm, it won't affect his combat ability." Chiba said, frowning as he looked at the information displayed on the screen.

Toudou, unable to sit still any longer, piloted the rogue and moved in front of the Four Holy Swords. In his opinion, Summit was an extremely troublesome opponent, because even he himself was not confident of surviving the Four Holy Swords' attack just now, but the opponent had dodged the attack with a simple machine charge and even severed Chiba's arm.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" the four exclaimed upon seeing Toudou join the battle.

"No need for further explanation, the Whirlwind Killing Formation!" Toudou said without further ado, immediately assuming a fighting stance.

"Oh, Toudou has joined the battle too. Looks like we're going to have a good fight." Summit said with a smile after seeing Toudou's actions.

Time passed slowly. Because Summit hadn't unlocked his limiter, the Fallen Angels didn't have much of an advantage in terms of machine performance. Even so, Summit still managed to leave several knife marks on the five Rogue-Modified machines. Just as Summit and the five were locked in a fierce battle, Guilford's anxious voice rang in his ears: "Your Highness Summit, something terrible has happened! Her Highness the Princess has been ambushed at location nine."

"What? Where did the Royal Guard go?" Summit asked in surprise after forcing Todo to retreat.

"His Highness has ordered the Royal Guard to support General Dalton."

"What? Guilford, go and support my sister right away. Leave this to me. Don't worry, I'll be there in a bit." Although Samit wanted to reprimand Cornelia for her actions, there was no time left. He could only quickly issue the order and at the same time notify Suzaku, who was far away on the battlefield's border, to go and rescue Cornelia.

After Guilford left, Summit looked at the remaining 41% on the energy gauge and said, "Zero (the Fallen Angel's AI), limiter removed, power 40% activated."

"Yes, sir. Limiter released, power 40% activated." A synthesized electronic voice sounded in the cockpit. At the same time, white steam suddenly billowed from the joints of the Fallen Angel's black body, and its movement speed, which was originally only slightly better than the Rogue, suddenly surpassed it, reaching the speed of Lancelot, which startled the five people who were surrounding it.

"Start the λ-Drive system," Summit then gave the order.

"λ-Drive system activated," Zero repeated in a synthesized electronic voice.

With speed far surpassing that of the Rogue, Summit cleaved Asahina's Rogue.Kakai in two at the waist with a single sword strike, severing the arms of Senga and Urabe who were coming to Asahina's aid, thus breaking through the encirclement of the five. Then, with a single wave of his hand, a pale blue shockwave was launched from the 'Fallen Angel's' hand, sweeping towards Toudou and Chiba's Rogue.Kakai amidst a cloud of yellowish-brown dust.

"Lieutenant Colonel, that guy's gone. What happened? The attack just now..." Chiba said in surprise, realizing that the 'Fallen Angel's' black figure was no longer visible after his sensors recovered.

"They probably didn't intend to fight us. Asahina, Senga, and Urabe, are you alright?" Toudou couldn't help but recall the scene of Summit defeating Asahina, Senga, and Urabe in succession, and shook his head as he spoke.

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel." Asahina, the strongest of the three, said with shame, because they had suffered a crushing defeat despite being outnumbered five to one.

"It's alright, let's quickly rendezvous with the lieutenant general and break out as a whole."

"Yes!"

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"Did you hear that? Cornelia, she's already checkmated." Lelouch looked at Cornelia and said with a cold smile.

"ZERO?" Cornelia asked angrily after hearing Lelouch's voice. At this moment, she was already regretting her order to send the Royal Guard away.

"Ah, shall we celebrate our reunion? But before that, I want you to surrender. I also have some questions for you. By the way, the reinforcements aren't coming in time. I won, Cornelia," Lelouch shouted triumphantly through the loudspeaker.

"How foolish, ZERO. Defeating this guy will clear a path for us." Cornelia sneered at the Crimson Lotus II blocking her way, raising her submachine gun and unleashing a volley of fire at the Crimson Lotus II. The instant the Crimson Lotus II dodged, her chest-mounted scythe shot towards it. The Crimson Lotus II immediately drew her fighting blade from her waist, blocking the scythe, then swiftly grabbed it and flung it aside.

“What a nimble fellow.” Cornelia said with a smile after seeing the other’s movement in an instant, and immediately thrust her spear toward Karen.

Crimson Lotus II's bizarre right hand grabbed the spear, and red light instantly flowed from the arm to the spear. The golden spear immediately began to expand rapidly, quickly extending onto Gloucester's spear-wielding arm. Realizing something was wrong, Cornelia hurriedly pressed the arm detachment button, but that wasn't the end of it. The moment the arm detached, Cornelia felt her body vibrate uncontrollably. Only then did she realize that her left arm, which was holding a submachine gun, had been destroyed by Lelouch with a submachine gun.

“That despicable bastard, shooting me in the back!” Cornelia shouted angrily as she turned around.

"So you can say your operation wasn't despicable? You might as well just surrender... Hmm, what's this?" Lelouch said somewhat illogically, but halfway through his sentence, he noticed the mountain began to shake violently.

"Boom!" With a violent explosion, the rock wall of the valley was shattered, and a large amount of soil and rocks were thrown up. Dust filled the air, and a white Knightmare appeared in front of everyone. It was the culprit of the explosion - Lancelot.

Chapter 338 The Battle of Naritasan Ends

Sitting in Lancelot's personal trailer, Cecil exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Lancelot break through the rock wall and enter the battlefield, "Wow!"

"Still the same old thing, utterly reckless. They actually used VARIS (antimatter hadron cannon) to smash the barrier in the middle." Lloyd smiled slightly and said in a flippant tone.

"Governor, are you alright? I've come to your rescue." As everyone was surprised, Suzaku quickly moved in front of Cornelia and asked through the external sensors.

"Special envoy? Who authorized this..." Cornelia asked in surprise after seeing the white Lancelot on the screen.

"It was an order jointly issued by His Highness the Vice Governor and His Highness Summit," Suzaku replied immediately.

"Could it be that Knightmare...?"

"Yes, those guys from Shinjuku and Kawaguchiko."

"Damn it, it's that guy again! Crimson Lotus Second Form destroyed that white mech, but his breakthrough power is an obstacle." Lelouch frowned upon seeing Lancelot and gave the order to Kallen.

"I'll leave that to you. I'll deal with Zero." Cornelia gave the order at the same time as Lelouch gave the order.

"Yes!" Kallen immediately charged towards Suzaku in her Crimson Lotus II, while the Black Knights responsible for the encirclement opened fire on Cornelia. Because Samit and Euphemia's orders were to protect Cornelia first, Suzaku deployed a shield to block the incoming bullets while simultaneously deflecting the Crimson Lotus II's slashing scythe and slashing the energy sword at the Crimson Lotus II's right arm.

The Crimson Lotus II swayed, its right-hand radiation wave reduced to half power, using the momentum of Suzaku's sword to block the energy sword. It then pushed the energy sword to the right, while its left-hand combat dagger thrust towards Lancelot. Suzaku, however, was not about to be so easily struck by Kallen. It immediately spun around in place, ramming the Crimson Lotus II's elbow, then retreated sharply, creating distance before firing a shot at the Crimson Lotus II, which was nimbly dodged.

"Could it be... that this guy has speed comparable to Lancelot? If so, we can't hold back." Suzaku exclaimed in surprise when he saw that the other party easily dodged his attack. So far, this was the first time he had seen someone who could match Lancelot in speed. Even the speed of Samite's 'Fallen Angel' was only slightly better than Gloucester's (mainly because Samite had not yet removed his limiter).

"Just take down this guy!" Kallen was completely obedient to ZERO, believing that destroying Lancelot would be enough, so she went all out.

Cornelia wasn't idle either. While dodging the Black Knights' dense barrage of live ammunition, and despite losing both arms and only being able to attack with her scythe, Cornelia's reputation intimidated the rookies, who dared not face her head-on. Cornelia destroyed two Rogues with just her scythe. Under Cornelia's dominance, the Black Knights momentarily forgot their order to capture ZERO alive, focusing their firepower on Cornelia's Gloucester.

Seeing Cornelia in danger, Suzaku hurriedly piloted Lancelot to Cornelia's side and erected an energy shield, blocking all attacks. Kallen seized the opportunity to grab Suzaku. Unable to abandon Cornelia, Suzaku could only pilot Lancelot and raise his right foot to kick at Crimson Lotus II, but Crimson Lotus II caught it with its strange right hand.

"Take this!" Karen immediately released the safety on the control stick, activated maximum power, and pressed the radiation wave switch. A red light burst forth instantly, and the 'mountain road skateboard' installed on Lancelot's foot rapidly expanded under the red light. Suzaku was startled and hurriedly pressed the disengage button.

As Lancelot broke free from the clutches of Crimson Lotus II, Suzaku raised his energy sword and slashed down at the cockpit of Crimson Lotus II. However, the originally indestructible energy sword was caught by the strange large hand of Crimson Lotus II. A red light burst forth instantly, and after a brief stalemate of two seconds, the energy sword shattered and exploded.

"An opportunity!" A veteran member of the Black Knights felt a surge of excitement upon seeing Lancelot's back completely exposed before him, his hands trembling with excitement as he gripped the control stick. But just as he was about to press the weapon's switch, the screen in front of him turned to static, and the aircraft began to shake violently. "What? This is... Ah!" With the pilot's scream, everyone realized that a purple Gloster was standing next to an exploding 'Rogue,' rushing to support Guildford.

"Your Highness, are you alright!" Guildford shouted to Cornelia on the battlefield after taking down a rogue.

“I’m fine, Guilford, hurry up and grab ZERO.” Cornelia looked up at Guilford and immediately smiled.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Guildford breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Cornelia unharmed, and then rushed towards the members of the Black Knights.

"Damn it!" Upon seeing Guildford's appearance, Karen had no choice but to abandon her attack on Lancelot and rush to rescue ZERO. Of course, Lancelot wouldn't let her escape and immediately gave chase. Just then, a huge black shadow suddenly burst into the battlefield. Its entry was as chaotic as Suzaku's, but the explosion it caused was much more powerful than the one Lancelot had caused.

"Retreat! Everyone needs to move away from this location. There's no point in fighting anymore. If this continues, it will turn into a war of attrition." Lelouch, seeing the stunning appearance of the 'Fallen Angel,' had no choice but to abandon his plan to capture Cornelia. He gritted his teeth and said this before leaving the battlefield first.

The Black Knights' most relied-upon combat force—Red Moon Kallen—was stunned and caught in a dilemma when she saw the Fallen Angel appear. With ZERO's command, she immediately left the battlefield and escaped along the previously arranged escape route.

"Sammet, leave this to Guildford. You go after Zero." Cornelia hurriedly gave the order to give chase as she saw Zero's figure gradually disappearing into the distance.

"I'm sorry, Royal Sister! The energy is exhausted." Summit smiled slightly, opened the cockpit door, jumped out of the Fallen Angel, stretched his body slightly, and spoke to Cornelia through the radio in his ear.

"Damn it, Lieutenant Suzaku, go after ZERO!" Cornelia shouted anxiously, glancing at her own depleted energy bar.

"Yes, my load," Suzaku replied and chased after him.

Watching Suzaku chase after Lelouch, Summit spoke again through the radio: "Gilford, the 'Fallen Angel' retrieval is your responsibility. Notify General Dalton to concentrate all forces to pursue the Japanese Liberation Front troops."

“Yes, Your Highness Summit! And what about you?” Guildford nodded immediately.

Summit smiled slightly, tousled his deliberately messy hair, and said with a laugh, "Me? I'm going to patrol the battlefield." With that, he pushed off with his feet and vanished from his spot in an instant, disappearing from Guildford's sight with a few leaps.

Seeing Summit leave in this manner, Guildford clicked his tongue in astonishment and said to Cornelia, "Your Highness, is it alright for Prince Summit to go and inspect the battlefield like this?"

Cornelia couldn't help but smile proudly and said, "Don't worry, Lord Guilford, the Summit without the Knightmare is even more terrifying." With that, she opened the cockpit and jumped out of Gloucester.

“Even more terrifying?” Guilford, though completely convinced of Cornelia’s words, still had some doubts and murmured repeatedly. Little did Guilford know that Cornelia said this because two years ago, in the winter, her father, the King, had taken her to Camillo Castle. There, she watched a video. In the video, Summit, then only 15 years old and a Knight of the Round Table, single-handedly destroyed eight fully armed Sunderland fighter planes that had been captured by the enemy, armed only with a pistol. Summit smashed the cockpits of six of the Sunderland fighter planes with his bare hands.

Thus, the Battle of Naritasan officially ended.

Chapter 339 The Meeting of the Knights of the Round Table and ZERO

Summit moved swiftly along the tracks left by Lelouch and Suzaku piloting the Knightmare. Although his speed was terrifying, it was still slow compared to the Knightmare. By the time he found Suzaku, Lelouch had already escaped, and Suzaku had entered a berserk state, firing his Valis indiscriminately in all directions. The powerful antimatter bullets had devastated the surrounding environment, kicking up large amounts of debris and dust, forcing Summit to retreat to the side. He only emerged when Lancelot's energy was depleted. After surveying the terrain and deducing several optimal escape routes for Lelouch, Summit gave chase.

Soon, less than a kilometer from the battlefield, Summit discovered a cave. Without a trace of hesitation, he went inside, knowing Lelouch's physical condition well. The frail Lelouch could not possibly travel such a long distance in this place. In addition, considering the principle that "the most dangerous place is the safest place," Summit was certain that Lelouch would hide here and wait for all the British troops to withdraw before sending someone to pick him up.

Just as Summit had predicted, Lelouch was indeed hiding in this place. However, there was another person beside him: C.C. At this moment, C.C., having protected Lelouch, had been pierced in the chest by sharp pebbles and collapsed unconscious beside him. Blood stained her white straitjacket, and perhaps to heal her wound, a 'V' shaped symbol had appeared on her forehead. There was a spring in the cave, and Lelouch was about to remove C.C.'s shirt to clean her wound. To avoid obstructing his view, Lelouch had already removed his 'mask' and placed it beside him. Just then, a somewhat cold voice suddenly rang out: "I didn't expect the famous Zero to be a 16 or 7-year-old boy. At that age, he should be a student!"

"What?" Lelouch was startled and hurriedly withdrew his hands, which were taking off his clothes. He quickly reached for his waist, but stopped abruptly, staring at a dark corner of the cave with a serious expression. He knew that if he pulled out the pistol from his waist, he might be met with a bullet.

The other person had obviously seen his movements, and after a cold laugh, looked at him and said with a smile, "You're very calm, otherwise you would be dead." As he spoke, he slowly walked out from the dark corner.

After the other person emerged, Lelouch, using the faint phosphorescence in the cave, finally made out their attire. He discovered it wasn't the uniform of an ordinary soldier, but rather a white knight's uniform—the standard attire of the Knights of the Round Table. Despite his calm demeanor, a flicker of panic crossed his eyes. The other person was wearing a silver mask that completely obscured their eyes, rendering his only remaining advantage—his 'Geass'—useless.

"How astonishing! I never expected that the Knights of the Round Table from Britain would dismount their chariots on the battlefield and personally lead their men to capture me." Lelouch said with a mocking tone, looking at the masked face of the other man, because he was eager to know how many enemies he would face and whether he would have any chance of escape.

"Are you trying to trick me? Fine, I'll tell you then... It's just me... all alone." Summit smiled slightly at Lelouch, emphasizing that he was alone.

“One person, that’s great… the Second Knight of the Round Table, not a bad haul.” Lelouch knew the other wouldn’t lie, so he immediately devised several ways to trick him into removing his mask, secretly pleased with himself. “In that case, could I see what you look like? I’ve always been curious about what kind of person the Second Knight of the Empire is.” After a slight pause, Lelouch used his first method, feigning a 'gloomy' expression as he looked at Samit.

"Want to see what I look like? Hehe... Just come back to the Governor's Mansion with me." Samit knew exactly what Lelouch was up to and was deliberately trying to whet his appetite, so he said with a cold laugh.

Seeing that the other party wasn't falling for his trick, Lelouch smiled inwardly and slowly said, "Is that so? In that case..." As he spoke, he raised his finger to his head, and as his hand reached his shoulder, a small pistol suddenly appeared in his hand. At the same time, Lelouch added, "...There's no point in saying anything more." Hidden in Lelouch's sleeve was a small mechanism containing a pistol, just in case. He was now preparing to use this pistol to threaten Summit into removing his mask.

"What are you doing? Shouldn't you be pointing a gun at me if you're going to threaten me?" Summit asked with a smile as he looked at Lelouch, who was pointing a gun at his head.

"Didn't I already say that? There's no point in saying anything more. Rather than being captured by you, I might as well just kill myself now," Lelouch said with a cold laugh.

“Your death poses no threat to me; I can still claim credit for it,” Summit said with a cold smile, looking at Lelouch.

"But how many people will believe... that you only brought my body back? Even if you are the second knight of the Empire, you can't say that a boy is the famous Zero! Even if you can dispel the objections, what can you do if another Zero appears in the future?" Lelouch said with a cold smile after hearing the answer he had expected.

“As expected of ZERO, I must say, your analysis is quite accurate. However… I can also discard this honor in exchange for the peace of the Empire, because power means nothing to me.” Summit smiled and pulled a pistol that was no longer in use from his pocket, pointing it at Lelouch and speaking coldly.

Seeing the other's expression, Lelouch's expression hardened, and he said to Summit, "In that case, let me see your true face. I want to know what the person who killed me looks like." As he spoke, Lelouch's face revealed a murderous expression, and he said, "No matter how many times I reincarnate, I will tear you to pieces."